Molecular Weight Determination of Polyethylene Terephthalate

Shady Farah; Konda Reddy Kunduru; Arijit Basu; Abraham J. Domb

doi:10.1016/B978-0-323-31306-3.00008-7

Molecular Weight Determination of Polyethylene Terephthalate

Shady Farah^*, Konda Reddy Kunduru, Arijit Basu, Abraham J. Domb

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School of Pharmacy

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Abstract

Polyethylene terephthalate (PET) is one of the most widely used polyesters today - it is used in packaging, fabric, engineering, electronics, and biomedical industries. Different methods for PET molecular weight determination are reviewed in this chapter. Molecular weight is the most important characteristic for determining the mechanical properties and ability to fabricate these materials for different applications. Experiences and several recent findings from the authors' laboratory are also included for forensic PET fiber comparison and PET molecular weight analysis. Finally, a few recent applications utilizing PET are reviewed, focusing on biomedical research such as the next generation of PET fibers, high-tenacity polyester fibers (HT PET), and PET clay nanocomposites.

Original language	English
Title of host publication	Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) Based Blends, Composites and Nanocomposites
Publisher	Elsevier Inc.
Pages	143-165
Number of pages	23
ISBN (Electronic)	9780128012741
ISBN (Print)	9780323313063
DOIs	https://doi.org/10.1016/B978-0-323-31306-3.00008-7
State	Published - 21 Aug 2015

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Keywords

Fiber analysis
GPC
Molecular weight determination
PET applications
Polyethylene terephthalate (PET)
Synthetic polyesters

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