Innovations
Vol. 9 (2021), Issue 4, pg(s) 171-173

INNOVATIVE SOLUTIONS

Investigation of rubber granules used in artificial turf systems with FTIR spectroscopy with ATR system and DSC

  • 1 General Directory of Metrology, Kashar, Albania
  • 2 Mechanical Engineering Faculty, PUT, Tirana Albania

Abstract

The purpose of this study was to investigate the structure of recycled tires which are used in artificial turf/ grass as infi ll materials. One of the most important issues, especially in Albania is proving that these materials are recycled. In this paper it is presented the FTR with ATR system methods analyses. That will provide info regarding the combining material in rubber granules, for the investigation of their structure, it was used the spectroscopy method, with vibration infrared and Fourier FTIR transformation equipped with ATR system, a method which enables analysis of samples of thick surface, without any prior preparation. The scanning of samples was done with wavelength from 4000-400 cm-1. At the same time was possible to see the changes in the micro-structure of the tires by using the Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) analyses.

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