Data supporting the morphological/topographical properties and the degradability on PET/PLA and PET/chitosan blends

D Palma-Ramírez; A M Torres-Huerta; M A Domínguez-Crespo; D Del Angel-López; A I Flores-Vela; D de la Fuente

doi:10.1016/j.dib.2019.104012

Data supporting the morphological/topographical properties and the degradability on PET/PLA and PET/chitosan blends

Data Brief. 2019 May 24:25:104012. doi: 10.1016/j.dib.2019.104012. eCollection 2019 Aug.

Authors

D Palma-Ramírez^{1

2}, A M Torres-Huerta¹, M A Domínguez-Crespo¹, D Del Angel-López^{1

3}, A I Flores-Vela², D de la Fuente⁴

Affiliations

¹ Instituto Politécnico Nacional, CICATA-Altamira, Km. 14.5 Carretera Tampico-Puerto Industrial Altamira, 89600, Altamira, Tamps, Mexico.
² Instituto Politécnico Nacional, Centro Mexicano para la Producción más Limpia (CMPL), Av. Acueducto s/n, la Laguna Ticomán, C.P. 07340, México City, Mexico.
³ Tecnológico de Monterrey, Escuela de Ingeniería y Ciencias, Ave Eugenio Garza Sada 2501, C.P. 64849, Monterrey N.L., Mexico.
⁴ Centro Nacional de Investigaciones Metalúrgicas, CENIM (CSIC), Av. Gregorio del Amo 8, 28040, Madrid, Spain.

Abstract

These data display evidence of the fracture through the morphologies and the topographical features as well as roughness data of different ratios of R(recycled)-PET/PLA, PET(virgin)/PLA, PET(virgin)/Chitosan and R(recycled)-PET/chitosan. Also, data of the morphologies after degradation under accelerated weathering test and degradation mechanisms are revealed. The data supplement the article "Comparative assessment of miscibility and degradability on PET/PLA and PET/chitosan blends".

Keywords: AFM images; PET/Chitosan; PET/PLA; Proposed degradation mechanism; Roughness; SEM micrographs.