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  • Synchrotron-based FTIR microspectroscopy for the mapping of photo-oxidation and additives in acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene model samples and historical objects.

Synchrotron-based FTIR microspectroscopy for the mapping of photo-oxidation and additives in acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene model samples and historical objects.

Analytica chimica acta (2014-08-26)
Daniela Saviello, Emeline Pouyet, Lucia Toniolo, Marine Cotte, Austin Nevin
ABSTRACT

Synchrotron-based Fourier transform infrared micro-spectroscopy (SR-μFTIR) was used to map photo-oxidative degradation of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) and to investigate the presence and the migration of additives in historical samples from important Italian design objects. High resolution (3×3 μm(2)) molecular maps were obtained by FTIR microspectroscopy in transmission mode, using a new method for the preparation of polymer thin sections. The depth of photo-oxidation in samples was evaluated and accompanied by the formation of ketones, aldehydes, esters, and unsaturated carbonyl compounds. This study demonstrates selective surface oxidation and a probable passivation of material against further degradation. In polymer fragments from design objects made of ABS from the 1960s, UV-stabilizers were detected and mapped, and microscopic inclusions of proteinaceous material were identified and mapped for the first time.

MATERIALS
Product Number
Brand
Product Description

Supelco
Styrene, analytical standard
Sigma-Aldrich
Styrene, SAJ first grade, ≥99.0%
Supelco
Styrene, analytical standard
Sigma-Aldrich
Styrene, ReagentPlus®, contains 4-tert-butylcatechol as stabilizer, ≥99%