1 Scope
This document specifies a method for the determination of di-tert-butyl peroxide (DTBP)
and 2, 5-Dimethyl-2, 5-di (tert-butylperoxy) hexane (DBPH) in plastics by using gas
chromatography.
This document is applicable to the determination of the content of residual peroxides
in plastics and their products, which use peroxides as a degradation agent or crosslinking
agent during plastics processing, or as an additive during polymerization, thereby
remaining in degraded polypropylene, crosslinked polyethylene, polystyrene and other
plastics.
NOTE The applicability of this method to other peroxides is possible when the method is
validated for each case.