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<journal-id>1665-2738</journal-id>
<journal-title><![CDATA[Revista mexicana de ingeniería química]]></journal-title>
<abbrev-journal-title><![CDATA[Rev. Mex. Ing. Quím]]></abbrev-journal-title>
<issn>1665-2738</issn>
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<publisher-name><![CDATA[Universidad Autónoma Metropolitana, División de Ciencias Básicas e Ingeniería]]></publisher-name>
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<article-title xml:lang="es"><![CDATA[Comportamiento térmico de películas de almidón de plátano con poli(etileno tereftalato) degradado]]></article-title>
<article-title xml:lang="en"><![CDATA[Thermal behavior of banana starch films with degraded polyethylene terephthalate]]></article-title>
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<surname><![CDATA[Ramírez-Hernández]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Valera-Zaragoza]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Aparicio-Saguilán]]></surname>
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<surname><![CDATA[Conde-Acevedo]]></surname>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Papaloapan Instituto de Química Aplicada ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tuxtepec Oaxaca]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<institution><![CDATA[,Universidad del Papaloapan Instituto de Biotecnología ]]></institution>
<addr-line><![CDATA[Tuxtepec Oaxaca]]></addr-line>
<country>México</country>
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<month>08</month>
<year>2015</year>
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<day>00</day>
<month>08</month>
<year>2015</year>
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<volume>14</volume>
<numero>2</numero>
<fpage>513</fpage>
<lpage>521</lpage>
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<self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&amp;pid=S1665-27382015000200027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_abstract&amp;pid=S1665-27382015000200027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><self-uri xlink:href="http://www.scielo.org.mx/scielo.php?script=sci_pdf&amp;pid=S1665-27382015000200027&amp;lng=en&amp;nrm=iso"></self-uri><abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="es"><p><![CDATA[El comportamiento térmico y estructural de películas de almidón de plátano con PET degradado (A/PETdeg) es discutido. La degradación del PET y las características de las pelícuas A/PETdeg fueron determinadas mediante espectroscopía infrarroja con transformada de Fourier (EITF), difracción de rayos-X (DRX) y análisis térmico simultáneo (ATS). Los productos de degradación obtenidos a partir del PET fueron principalmente ácido tereftálico, dímeros de ácido y cadenas macromoleculares residuales, los cuales mostraron un distinto comportamiento térmico. La estabilidad térmica de las películas A/PETdeg fue menor que la de los componentes individuales, este comportamiento fue relacionado con el rompimiento de los dominios amorfos del almidón (puntos de ramificación de la molécula de amilopectina) y debido al efecto catalítico generado por el ácido tereftálico durante el proceso térmico. Adicionalmente, la barrera a la absorción de agua en las películas A/PETdeg fue incrementada en funcion del contenido de PETdeg.]]></p></abstract>
<abstract abstract-type="short" xml:lang="en"><p><![CDATA[The thermal behavior and structural of banana starch films with degraded PET is discussed (S/PETdeg). The PET degradation and the characteristics of A/PETdeg films were analyzed by Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X-ray diffraction (XRD) and simultaneous thermal analysis (STA). Terephthalic acid, acid dimers and residual macromolecular chains were the degradation products of PET, which showed different thermal behavior. The thermal stability of the A/PETdeg composite films was lower than the individual components; this behavior was related to the breakdown of the starch amorphous domains (branching points of the amylopectine molecule) and due to the catalytic effect caused by the terephthalic acid during the thermal process. Additionally, the barrier to water absorption of the A/PETdeg films was increased depending on the content of PETdeg.]]></p></abstract>
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</front><body><![CDATA[  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="4">Pol&iacute;meros</font></p>     <p align="justify">&nbsp;</p>  	    <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="4"><b>Comportamiento t&eacute;rmico de pel&iacute;culas de almid&oacute;n de pl&aacute;tano con poli(etileno tereftalato) degradado</b></font></p>     <p align="center">&nbsp;</p> 	    <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="3"><b>Thermal behavior of banana starch films with degraded polyethylene terephthalate</b></font></p> 	    <p align="justify">&nbsp;</p>     <p align="center"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>A. Ram&iacute;rez&#45;Hern&aacute;ndez<sup>1</sup>, M. Valera&#45;Zaragoza<sup>1</sup>*, A. Aparicio&#45;Saguil&aacute;n<sup>2</sup> y J.C. Conde&#45;Acevedo<sup>1 </sup></b></font></p>     <p align="center">&nbsp;</p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><sup><i>1</i></sup> <i>Instituto de Qu&iacute;mica Aplicada, Universidad del Papaloapan, Circuito Central 200, Col. Parque Industrial, Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, 68301, M&eacute;xico.  *Autor para la correspondencia.</i> E&#45;mail: <a href="mailto:mvalera@unpa.edu.mx">mvalera@unpa.edu.mx</a> <i>Tel. +52 287 8759240, Fax +52 287 8759240&#45;13.</i></font></p> 	    ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><i><sup>2 </sup>Instituto de Biotecnolog&iacute;a, Universidad del Papaloapan, Circuito Central 200, Col. Parque Industrial, Tuxtepec, Oaxaca, 68301, M&eacute;xico.</i></font></p>     <p align="justify">&nbsp;</p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Recibido 29 de Enero de 2014    <br>Aceptado 17 de Abril de 2015</font></p> 	    <p align="justify">&nbsp;</p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Resumen</b></font></p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">El comportamiento t&eacute;rmico y estructural de pel&iacute;culas de almid&oacute;n de pl&aacute;tano con PET degradado (A/PET<sub><i>deg</i></sub>) es discutido. La degradaci&oacute;n del PET y las caracter&iacute;sticas de las pel&iacute;cuas A/PET<sub><i>deg</i></sub> fueron determinadas mediante espectroscop&iacute;a infrarroja con transformada de Fourier (EITF), difracci&oacute;n de rayos&#45;X (DRX) <i>y</i> an&aacute;lisis t&eacute;rmico simult&aacute;neo (ATS). Los productos de degradaci&oacute;n obtenidos  a partir del PET fueron principalmente &aacute;cido tereft&aacute;lico, d&iacute;meros de &aacute;cido y cadenas macromoleculares residuales, los cuales mostraron un distinto comportamiento t&eacute;rmico. La estabilidad t&eacute;rmica de las pel&iacute;culas A/PET<sub><i>deg</i></sub> fue menor que la de los componentes individuales, este comportamiento fue relacionado con el rompimiento de los dominios amorfos del almid&oacute;n (puntos de ramificaci&oacute;n de la mol&eacute;cula de amilopectina) y debido al efecto catal&iacute;tico generado por el &aacute;cido tereft&aacute;lico durante el proceso t&eacute;rmico. Adicionalmente, la barrera a la absorci&oacute;n de agua en las pel&iacute;culas A/PET<i><sub>deg</sub></i> fue incrementada en funcion del contenido de PET<sub><i>deg</i></sub>. </font></p> 	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Palabras clave:</b> comportamiento t&eacute;rmico, poli(etileno tereftalato), almid&oacute;n de pl&aacute;tano, mezclas.</font></p>     <p align="justify">&nbsp;</p>  	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Abstract</b></font></p>  	    ]]></body>
<body><![CDATA[<p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">The thermal behavior and structural of banana starch films with degraded PET is discussed (S/PET<sub><i>deg</i></sub>). The PET degradation and the characteristics of A/PET<sub><i>deg</i></sub> films were analyzed by Fourier transformed infrared spectroscopy (FTIR), X&#45;ray diffraction (XRD) and simultaneous thermal analysis (STA). Terephthalic acid, acid dimers and residual macromolecular chains were the degradation products of PET, which showed different thermal behavior. The thermal stability of the A/PET<sub><i>deg</i></sub> composite films was lower than the individual components; this behavior was related to the breakdown of the starch amorphous domains (branching points of the amylopectine molecule) and due to the catalytic effect caused by the terephthalic acid during the thermal process. Additionally, the barrier to water absorption of the A/PET<sub><i>deg</i></sub> films was increased depending on the content of PET<sub><i>deg</i></sub><i>. </i></font></p> 	    <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Key words:</b> thermal behavior, polyethylene therephthalate, banana starch, blends.</font></p>     <p align="justify">&nbsp;</p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><a href="../pdf/rmiq/v14n2/v14n2a27.pdf" target="_blank">DESCARGAR ART&Iacute;CULO EN FORMATO PDF</a></font></p>      <p align="justify">&nbsp;</p>     <p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2"><b>Referencias</b></font></p>  	    <!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Aparicio&#45;Saguil&aacute;n, A., Valera&#45;Zaragoza, M., Perucini&#45;Avenda&ntilde;o, M., Paramo&#45;Calder&oacute;n, D.E., Aguirre&#45;Cruz, A., Ram&iacute;rez&#45;Hern&aacute;ndez, A. y Bello&#45;P&eacute;rez, L.A. (2014). Lintnerization of banana starch isolated from underutilized variety: morphological, thermal, functional properties and digestibility. <i>CyTA &#45; Journal of Food 13,</i> 3&#45;9.    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8587050&pid=S1665-2738201500020002700001&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --></font></p>  	    <!-- ref --><p align="justify"><font face="verdana" size="2">Awaja, F. y Pavel, D. (2005). Recycling of PET. <i>European Polymer Journal 41,</i> 1453&#45;1477.    &nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;&nbsp;[&#160;<a href="javascript:void(0);" onclick="javascript: window.open('/scielo.php?script=sci_nlinks&ref=8587052&pid=S1665-2738201500020002700002&lng=','','width=640,height=500,resizable=yes,scrollbars=1,menubar=yes,');">Links</a>&#160;]<!-- end-ref --></font></p>  	    ]]></body>
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