Incorporation of Multiwalled Carbon Nanotubes and Graphene Nanoplatelets on the Morphology and Properties of Polyethylene Terephthalate Nanocomposites

Table 2

Results of TGA measurements for neat PET and its composites.

Samples	()	()	Residue yield (%)
PET	334.14	434.55	16.50
PET/MWCNTs 0.1 wt%	342.23	436.04	17.45
PET/GNPs 0.1 wt%	328.51	436.90	19.49
PET/MWCNTs/GNPs 0.1 wt%	350.62	436.92	18.93
PET/MWCNTs 0.5 wt%	330.75	510.12	17.27
PET/GNPs 0.5 wt%	334.69	502.73	18.95
PET/MWCNTs/GNPs 0.5 wt%	342.67	500.25	15.27

(): initial decomposition temperature; ): temperature of maximum rate of decomposition.