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The Use of Combination of Clarithromycin -Nano Oxide Nanoparticles to Doping PVC to Protect it from Photodegradation

Al-Nahrain Journal of Science 2022 1 citation ? Citation count from OpenAlex, updated daily. May differ slightly from the publisher's own count.
Amani Husain

Summary

Researchers tested how oxide nanoparticles (including titanium oxide) combined with an antibiotic could protect PVC plastic from breaking down under ultraviolet light. While focused on plastic durability for industrial applications, understanding PVC photodegradation is relevant to how plastics fragment into microplastics in the environment.

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Films of polyvinyl chloride with oxide nanoparticles (MgO, NiO, TiO2, and ZnO) and clarithromycin were prepared. Oxide nanoparticles were used in low concentrations (0.01% by weight) along with clarithromycin. The analysis of oxide nanoparticles and clarithromycin as UV blockers for PVC photodegradation investigations into weight loss, surface morphology, and IR changes, revealed that titanium oxide, especially, protects PVC from harmful ultraviolet light.

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