Chemical Recycling of Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 36, Issue 4, 1997, Pages 1373-1383

  Paszun, Daniel ^a   Spychaj, Tadeusz ^a  

^a WEST POMERANIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Poland)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ACCIDENT PREVENTION; DEGRADATION; ECONOMIC AND SOCIAL EFFECTS; GLYCOLS; HYDROLYSIS; SOLVENTS; WASTE UTILIZATION;

POLYMER RECYCLING;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 0031117869     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie960563c     Document Type: Article

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