Chemical recycling, kinetics, and thermodynamics of poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET) waste powder by nitric acid hydrolysis

Polymer Reaction Engineering

Volumn 11, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 79-99

  Mishra, S ^a   Goje, A S ^a   Zope, V S ^a  

^a NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Acid value; Depolymerization; Hydrolysis; Kinetics; Poly (ethylene terephthalate); Thermodynamics

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; ATMOSPHERIC PRESSURE; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; HYDROLYSIS; NITRIC ACID; OXIDATION; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; PHASE EQUILIBRIA; POWDERS; RATE CONSTANTS; SODIUM COMPOUNDS; SOLUTIONS; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ACIDIFICATION;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 0037286384     PISSN: 10543414     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1081/PRE-120018586     Document Type: Conference Paper

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