Glycolysis of poly(ethylene terephthalate) catalyzed by ionic liquids

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 45, Issue 5, 2009, Pages 1535-1544

  Wang, Hui ^a   Liu, Yanqing ^a   Li, Zengxi ^a   Zhang, Xiangping ^b   Zhang, Suojiang ^b   Zhang, Yanqiang ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CHINESE ACADEMY OF SCIENCES   (China)

^b INSTITUTE OF PROCESS ENGINEERING   (China)

Author keywords

Catalysis; Glycolysis; Ionic liquid; Poly(ethylene terephthalate)

Indexed keywords

CRITICAL FACTORS; EXPERIMENTAL PARAMETERS; GLYCOLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL MANUFACTURERS; METAL ACETATES; NOVEL CATALYSTS; POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); PURIFICATION PROCESS; QUALITATIVE ANALYSIS; REACTION MECHANISMS; REACTION TEMPERATURES; TEREPHTHALATES; THERMAL ANALYSIS;

CATALYSIS; CATALYST SELECTIVITY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS; IONS; METAL REFINING; PATHOLOGY; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POSITRON EMISSION TOMOGRAPHY; QUALITY CONTROL; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT;

IONIC LIQUIDS;

EID: 64349096412     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2009.01.025     Document Type: Article

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