Separation of PET from PVC by column flotation

2006 TMS Fall Extraction and Processing Division: Sohn International Symposium

Volumn 6, Issue , 2006, Pages 331-340

  Agante, Elsa ^a   Rodrigues, Inácio ^a   Carvalho, Teresa ^a  

^a INSTITUTO SUPERIOR TÉCNICO   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Column flotation; Froth flotation; Plastics recycling; Solid waste processing

Indexed keywords

FROTH FLOTATION; HYDRODYNAMICS; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; RECYCLING; SEPARATION; SOLID WASTES;

COLUMN FLOTATION; PLASTICS RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE PROCESSING;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 33846110906     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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