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NON-ISOTHERMAL CRYSTALLIZATION BEHAVIOR OF BIODEGRADABLE POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE-CO-TEREPHTHALATE) (PBST) COPOLYESTERS
ABSTRACT
Non-isothermal crystallization and subsequent melting of biodegradable poly(bu-tylene succinate-co-terephthalate) copolyesters with different butylene terephtha-late contents were investigated by differential scanning calorimetry measurements. Differential scanning calorimetry crystallization curves revealed that butylene terephthalate contents of poly(butylene succinate-co-terephthalate) copolyesters had an identical effects on the onset, peak and final crystallization temperatures. Subsequent differential scanning calorimetry melting curves implied that both PBST-10 and PBST-70 copolyesters had the narrow distribution of lamellar thickness, while the PBST-50 copolyester showed much wider distribution.
KEYWORDS
biodegradable, non-isothermal crystallization, polybutylene succinate-co-terephthalate copolyesters, butylene terephthalate contents
PAPER SUBMITTED: 2012-08-15
PAPER REVISED: 2012-09-01
PAPER ACCEPTED: 2012-09-12
DOI REFERENCE: https://doi.org/10.2298/TSCI1205480Z
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© 2026 Society of Thermal Engineers of Serbia. Published by the Vinča Institute of Nuclear Sciences, National Institute of the Republic of Serbia, Belgrade, Serbia. This article is an open access article distributed under the terms and conditions of the Creative Commons Attribution-NonCommercial-NoDerivs 4.0 International licence