Selective separation of virgin and post-consumer polymers (PET and PVC) by flotation method

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 1807-1813

  Burat, Firat ^a   Güney, Ali ^a   Olgac Kangal M ^a  

^a ISTANBUL TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BURNING PROCESS; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; FLOTATION METHODS; GRAVITY SEPARATIONS; HCL GAS; HOMOGENEOUS POLYMERS; HUMAN ACTIVITIES; LOW COSTS; MINERAL PROCESSING; POISONOUS GAS; POLYMER RECYCLING; POLYMER WASTES; POST CONSUMERS; RECYCLING TECHNOLOGIES; SELECTIVE SEPARATIONS; VIRGIN POLYMERS; WASTE POLYMERS;

AIR QUALITY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; FROTH FLOTATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMERS; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; RECYCLING; SEPARATION; THERMOPLASTICS;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYVINYLCHLORIDE;

ATMOSPHERIC POLLUTION; BURNING; HUMAN ACTIVITY; POLYMER; SEPARATION;

ARTICLE; DANGEROUS GOODS; PRIORITY JOURNAL; RECYCLING; SOLID WASTE;

BENZOATES; CONSERVATION OF NATURAL RESOURCES; ETHYLENE GLYCOLS; LINSEED OIL; PARTICLE SIZE; PENTANOLS; PLASTICIZERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TEMPERATURE; TIME FACTORS; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 63149186170     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2008.12.018     Document Type: Article

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