Separation of PET, PVC and PS by gravity concentration and froth flotation

REWAS'04 - Global Symposium on Recycling, Waste Treatment and Clean Technology

Volumn , Issue , 2005, Pages 1691-1700

  Agante, Elsa ^a   Carvalho, M Teresa ^a   Durão, Fernando ^a   Bártolo, Teresa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BINARY MIXTURES; FROTH FLOTATION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYSTYRENES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

GRAVITY CONCENTRATIONS; GRAVITY SEPARATION; MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTES (MSW) PROCESSING; SINK-FLOAT METHODS;

SEPARATION;

EID: 32044438911     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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