Kinetic and thermodynamic study of methanolysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate) waste powder

Polymer International

Volumn 52, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 337-342

  Mishra, S ^a   Goje, A S ^a  

^a NORTH MAHARASHTRA UNIVERSITY   (India)

Author keywords

Depolymerization; Kinetics; Methanolysis; Particle size; Poly(ethylene terephthalate); Rate constant

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY; CARBONIZATION; CATALYSTS; DEPOLYMERIZATION; ENTHALPY; ENTROPY; GIBBS FREE ENERGY; PARTICLE SIZE ANALYSIS; RATE CONSTANTS;

CLOSED BATCH REACTORS;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

KINETICS; PARTICLE SIZE; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POWDER; THERMODYNAMICS; WASTE;

EID: 0037343725     PISSN: 09598103     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/pi.1147     Document Type: Article

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