Thermal properties of PET and PEFTs.
| Sample | DSC | TGA | ||||||||
|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|---|
| Cooling scan | Second heating scan | |||||||||
| T c (°C) | ΔHc (J g−1) | T g (°C) | T cc (°C) | ΔHcc (J g−1) | T m (°C) | ΔHm (J g−1) | T d5% (°C) | T dmax (°C) | W 600 (%) | |
| PET | 181.63 | 40.63 | 76.76 | — | — | 243.06 | 40.41 | 383 | 450 | 11.62 |
| PEFT-5 | 153.73 | 31.45 | 75.12 | 150.19 | 11.54 | 230.93 | 31.45 | 383 | 448 | 11.20 |
| PEFT-15 | — | — | 74.19 | — | — | 208.34 | — | 384 | 447 | 10.78 |
| PEFT-25 | — | — | 72.98 | — | — | — | — | 377 | 441 | 10.02 |
| PEFT-35 | — | — | 72.33 | — | — | — | — | 382 | 438 | 6.90 |