Ali Reza Zahedi - Polymer Engineering Department, Amirkabir University of Technology, PO Box ۱۵۸۷۵-۴۴۱۳, Tehran, Iran
Mehdi Rafizadeh
Faramarz Afshar Taromi

Poly(ethylene terephthalate) from off-grade product of industrial manufacturer was partially depolymerised, using excess ethylene glycol in the presence of metal acetate as a transesterification catalyst to synthesize the oligomers of PET. The glycolysis reactions were carried out at the boiling point of ethylene glycol under nitrogen atmosphere. Influences of reaction time, volume of EG, catalysts concentrations and particle size of off-grade PET on the yield of partial glycolytic products were investigated. Thermal analyses of glycolytic products are examined by DSC. The optimum samples were also characterized well by FT-IR, 1HNMR and 13CNMR. Then, maleated PET as a compatiblizer for preparing PET nanocomposites was produced via reaction between maleic anhydride/phthalic anhydride composition and PET oligomers obtained from glycolysis of PET

Glycolysis; Poly(ethylene terephthalate); nanocomposites; Maleated PET, compatiblizer