Identification of stabilizers from polyolefin samples by headspace GCMS (SIM) method

Plastics without additives are not viable. We can distinguish the main additives as follows: stabilizers, acid scavengers, slip additives, polymer processing aids, anti-blocking additives, antistatic additives, antimicrobials, flame retardants, chemical blowing agents, peroxides, colorants, optical whitening agents, fillers and reinforcements, nucleating agents, etc.

Additives are elemental to make polymers processable and to amend end-use attributes. Our life would be very dissimilar today if plastics had not become the materials of choice for many applications.

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