Recycling of PET

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 41, Issue 7, 2005, Pages 1453-1477

  Awaja, Firas ^a   Pavel, Dumitru ^b  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b NATIONAL RESEARCH COUNCIL CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

FT IR; ISBM; PET; Reactive extrusion

Indexed keywords

CONTAMINATION; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DRYING; EXTRUSION; FOAMS; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; POLYMERIZATION; SYNTHESIS (CHEMICAL);

CHAIN EXTENSION; FT-IR; ISBM; REACTIVE EXTRUSION;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 17744381402     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2005.02.005     Document Type: Review

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