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SUMMARY:Markers for Mineralization: CO2 Evolution as a Metric for Environme
 ntal Polymer Degradation
LOCATION:Chemistry A101
TZID:America/Denver
DTSTART:20241016T160000
UID:2026-05-03-13-56-28@natsci.colostate.edu
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Description:About the Seminar: \n\nAlthough dozens of methods exist for qu
 antifying plastic degradation\, industry typically focuses on CO2 evolutio
 n as the only marker for degradation. This is due to the simplicity and lo
 w cost of this test. However\, this method is actually measuring the miner
 alization potential of the plastic\, not its true degradation. True degrad
 ation includes mineralization of the plastic into CO2\, but also needs to 
 consider things like microplastic formation\, additive release\, and degra
 dation via photooxidation. In this seminar\, I will discuss the merits and
  drawbacks of various methods used to quantify environmental plastic decom
 position\, focusing on the need for more accurate (but still low cost) met
 hods to be available for industry. 4:00 pm
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