Table 1 Summary of polymers used. Melting Temperature (\({{{\rm{T}}}}_{{{\rm{m}}}}\)) measured by differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) for all samples and glass transition temperature (\({{{\rm{T}}}}_{{{\rm{g}}}}\)) measured by DSC for PET
From: Mechanism of quiescent nanoplastic formation from semicrystalline polymers
Polymer | Supplier | \({{{\rm{T}}}}_{{{\rm{g}}}}\) (°C) | \({{{\rm{T}}}}_{{{\rm{m}}}}\) (°C) | MW (kDa) |
|---|---|---|---|---|
PET (hydrolysis) | Goodfellow | 78 | 245 | 2870 |
PET (glycolysis) | Post consumer Coca-Cola bottles | 78 | 245 | 52 |
iPP | Reliance Industries | −571 | 161 | 399 |
aPP | Sigma-Aldrich | −571 | - | 30 |
sPS | Idemitsu Kosan | 100 72 | 247 | 178 |
aPS | Supreme Petrochem (India) | 100 72 | - | 274 |
