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Impact of quercetin concentration on the thermal stability of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene: a thermogravimetric study

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The impact of quercetin concentration (0.1–1.0 wt%) on the thermal stability of Ultra high molecular weight polyethylene (UHMWPE), in temperature region 50–600 °C, at 5 °C/min is examined by utilizing the thermogravimetric (TGA/DTA) technique. The activation energies of these thermograms are determined by utilizing the model fitting kinetic method (Coats and Redfern). Through this, 0.4 wt% is found to be the optimum quercetin concentration. UHMWPE sample at optimized quercetin concentration is further subjected to three other heating rates (10, 15 and 20 °C), in same temperature region. The complexities involved in thermal decomposition are resolved by using the deconvolution technique, adopting a bi-Gaussian asymmetric function. Activation energies of these deconvoluted peaks, obtained through Starink and Friedman kinetic models, follow a similar trend. By utilizing activation energy, a random nucleation reaction mechanism involved in thermal decomposition is identified. Finally, the pre-exponential factor, change in entropy (ΔS), change in enthalpy (ΔH) and change in Gibbs free energy (ΔG) are determined.

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    Nidhi Khattar,  Jagriti, Urmila Berar & P. K. Diwan

  2. Thapar Institute of Engineering and Technology, Virginia Tech Center of Excellence in Emerging Materials, Patiala, 147004, India

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  3. Department of Mechanical Engineering, UIET, Kurukshetra University, Kurukshetra, 136119, India

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Khattar, N., Jagriti, Sharma, P. et al. Impact of quercetin concentration on the thermal stability of ultra high molecular weight polyethylene: a thermogravimetric study. Reac Kinet Mech Cat 136, 2815–2834 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11144-023-02472-2

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