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A reactive melt modification of polyethylene terephthalate

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TABLE OF CONTENTS<br />

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Chapter<br />

Page<br />

4.2 Processing and Characterization 51<br />

4.2.1 Reactive Processing in Batch Mixer and Characterization 51<br />

4.2.2 Reactive Processing — Rheometer 53<br />

4.2.3 Spectroscopic Analysis — Melt Modification in a FT-IR Cell 56<br />

4.2.4 Reactive Processing — Extruder 57<br />

5 RESULTS AND DISCUSSION 59<br />

5.1 Batch Mixer Processing and Characterization 59<br />

5.1.1 Thermal Stability <strong>of</strong> the Modifiers 59<br />

5.1.2 Process Stability <strong>of</strong> PET in a Batch Mixer 60<br />

5.1.3 Reactions <strong>of</strong> Modifiers 64<br />

5.1.4 Comparison <strong>of</strong> Epoxides 69<br />

5.1.5 Reactions <strong>of</strong> TGIC with HPET and MPET 71<br />

5.1.6 Estimation <strong>of</strong> Rate <strong>of</strong> HPET Modification by TGIC 76<br />

5.1.7 Study on Role <strong>of</strong> Catalysts 79<br />

5.1.8 Batch Mixer Summary 82<br />

5.2 Offline Rheological Characterization <strong>of</strong> Batch Mixer Products 84<br />

5.2.1 Typical Batch Mixing Runs 85<br />

5.2.2 Rheological Characterization <strong>of</strong> Unmodified Processed HPET 86<br />

5.2.3 Rheological Characterization <strong>of</strong> modified HET. 88<br />

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