Pyrolysis of virgin and waste polypropylene and its mixtures with waste polyethylene and polystyrene

Waste Management

Volumn 24, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 173-181

  Ciliz, Nilgun Kiran ^a   Ekinci, Ekrem ^b   Snape, Colin E ^c  

^a BOGAZICI UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c UNIVERSITY OF STRATHCLYDE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; MIXTURES; POLYPROPYLENES; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

GAS PRODUCTS;

WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ALKANE; ALKENE; AROMATIC COMPOUND; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE; POLYPROPYLENE; POLYSTYRENE;

PLASTIC; PYROLYSIS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL REACTION KINETICS; CHEMICAL WASTE; DEGRADATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; RECYCLING; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 0842299394     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2003.06.002     Document Type: Article

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