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Published in final edited form as: ACS Sustain Chem Eng. 2025 Apr 22;13(17):6342–6354. doi: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.5c01330

Table 1:

Summary of thermal and mechanical properties of PET and PET co-polymers.

Polymer	M_n (kDa)	Đ	T_g,Dsc (°C)^a	T_m (°C)^a	X_c (%)^b	T_d,5% (°C)^c	T_g,DMA (°C)^d	E’ (GPa)^e
PET	21.1	3.0	74	246	35	411	96	2.9
^2-MeOPET-10	13.7	2.9	70	231	25	410	92	3.1
^2,6-MeOPET-10	11.4	3.0	68	229	23	402	93	2.2
^IPPET-10	14.4	2.1	70	225	27	405	90	2.7

Measured by DSC from the 2^nd scan at a heating rate of 10 °C min⁻¹.

Measured by DSC from the 2^nd of heating by taking the melt enthalpy, subtracting the enthalpy of cold crystallization, and dividing by 140.1 J g⁻¹.

Temperature at 5% weight loss measured by TGA at a heating rate of 20 °C min⁻¹.

Peak in the tan(δ) curve obtained during from DMA at rate of 3 °C min⁻¹.

Storage modulus obtained from DMA at 30 °C.