Research Article

Distribution of Heat Stabilizers in Plasticized PVC-Based Biomedical Devices: Temperature and Time Effects

Figure 1

Plot of normalized FT-IR/ATR average spectra, wavelengths (cm−1) versus Arbitrary Units (a.u.), (full wave numbers range) of sterilized (a) and nonsterilized samples (b) at 30, 50, 70, 90 and 120°C, respectively.
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