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Table 7 Plastic reference materials

From: Non-invasive identification of polymers in cultural heritage collections: evaluation, optimisation and application of portable FTIR (ATR and external reflectance) spectroscopy to three-dimensional polymer-based objects

Source

Materials

FTIR module

Availability

Infrared and Raman Users Group (IRUG)

161 synthetic resins

Transmission, DRIFTS, ATR

Open source

Bruker Polymer Library (2010)

117 polymers

ATR

With instrument purchase

Bruker Complete Library (2018)

26,000 compounds

ATR

~ $7000 AUD with instrument purchase

Shashoua [32]

15 historic polymers

ATR

Published book

Saviello et al. [15]

62 polymers

ATR, ER

Journal article appendix

In-house reference spectra

15 adhesives, 25 polymers

ATR, ER

–

ResinKit™

50 modern thermoplastics

–

~ $400 AUD

Thea can Oosten workshop (2005) samples

17 historic polymers

–

No longer available

Yvonne Shashoua workshop (2015) samples

16 historic polymers

–

No longer available

POPART SamCo Kit

46 plastic samples and objects

–

Available for loan