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  • Isotope Labeling
  • Materials Science

Background:

  • Polymers labeled with Carbon-13 (13C) isotopes are crucial for tracking carbon during chemical transformations and biodegradation.
  • Limited commercial availability of 13C-labeled polymers hinders research due to the scarcity and high cost of 13C-labeled monomers.
  • This limitation restricts the widespread use of 13C-labeled polymers in scientific and industrial applications.

Purpose of the Study:

  • To report the laboratory synthesis and characterization of 13C stable isotope-enriched polyethylene.
  • To demonstrate a method for quantifying 13C isotope enrichment in polyethylene.
  • To evaluate pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GCMS) as an alternative analytical technique for 13C isotope analysis in polymers.

Main Methods:

  • Synthesis of homopolyethylene and copolyethylene with approximately 25 wt% 13C-enrichment via polymerization of mixed standard and 13C-labeled ethylene monomers.
  • Characterization of synthesized 13C-labeled polyethylene for microstructural properties.
  • Quantification of 13C isotope enrichment using pyrolysis gas chromatography-mass spectrometry (Py-GCMS), nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR), and isotope ratio mass spectrometry (IRMS).

Main Results:

  • Successfully synthesized 13C-enriched polyethylene with comparable microstructural properties to standard polyethylene.
  • Demonstrated that Py-GCMS can quantify 13C isotope enrichment in polyethylene.
  • 13C isotope enrichment values measured by Py-GCMS were comparable to those obtained by the conventional IRMS method.

Conclusions:

  • The laboratory synthesis of 13C-enriched polyethylene was successful, addressing the limited availability of labeled polymers.
  • The microstructural properties of the synthesized 13C-labeled polyethylene are similar to conventional polyethylene.
  • Py-GCMS shows potential as a viable alternative method for analyzing 13C isotope enrichment in polymer samples.