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. 2020 Jan 22;10:2986. doi: 10.3389/fmicb.2019.02986

FIGURE 4.

FIGURE 4

Physical and chemical analyses of the aromatic PE-PU-A copolymer after incubation with the BP8 community. (A) FTIR spectra. (B) DTG analysis. Thermal degradation stages correspond to the following functional groups: (I) Low molecular weight compounds, (II) Urethane, (III) Ester, (IV) Ether. (C) DSC analysis. Glass transition temperature (Tg) represents the relative amount of soft and hard segments; melting temperatures, Tm-I, Tm-II, and Tm-III are associated with hard domains, and crystallization temperature (Tc) represents heat-directed crystallization of copolymer chains. NI, non-inoculated.