Investigation of Additives in Plastics by FTIR-ATR Spectroscopy

Introduction

Commercially available plastic products contain polymers, such as polyethylene (PE) and polypropylene (PP), as their main components, in addition to various trace components that are added to enhance performance and maintain quality. Here we introduce an evaluation of additives used in plastic bags taking advantage of the high S/N ratio of the Shimadzu FTIR IRTracer-100 spectrophotometer.

July 30, 2013 GMT