TG (thermogravimetry) analyses - SiO2 (silicon dioxide) and TiO2 (titanium dioixide) coating of EPS (expanded polystyrene)

TG (thermogravimetric) analyses were performed on polystyrene beads coated with SiO2 and then coated with SiO2-TiO2. Thermal analyses were also performed on the polystyrene beads alone. The inorganic residue content was used to calculate the amount of SiO2 and TiO2 coating in the polystyrene beads. A detailed description of the method used to obtain the material is described in the article: Coating of expanded polystyrene spheres by TiO2 and SiO2–TiO2 thin films (doi: 10.1557/s43578-024-01319-3).