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Synthesis and Biodegradation Behavior of Poly(ethylene terephthalate) Oligomers  

Lee, Chan-Woo (Department of Innovative Industrial Technology, Hoseo University)
Chung, Jin-Do (Department of Environmental Engineering, Hoseo University)
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Polymer(Korea) / v.33, no.3, 2009 , pp. 198-202 More about this Journal
Abstract
Oligo(ethylene terephthalate)(OET), oligo(ethylene succinate-co-terephthalate)(OEST) and oligo(butylene succinate-co-terephthalate)(OBST), which are part of the poly(ethylene terephthalate)(PET) oligomer, were synthesized. Degradation test of oligomers carried out by the presence of lipase PS. There were two objectives in the experiment: first, to measure the weight remaining of the PET oligomer as increasing degradation time, and second to examine the degradation mechanism by analyzing the resulting degraded product. In the synthesis of OEST and OBST, by controlling the feed ratio of both OEST and OBST, we were able to obtain oligomer of different composition ratios. The various composition ratios resulted in oligomer of vastly different thermal properties. We observed that both OEST and OBST were degraded using lipase PS, but as the composition of terephthalic acid was increased, the lipase PS became less effective. We confirmed that the lipase PS easily decomposed polyester of the aliphatic compound.
Keywords
oligomer; degradation test; lipase PS; composition ratio; aliphatic compound;
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