Factors affecting degradation of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) during pre-flotation conditioning

Waste Management

Volumn 29, Issue 9, 2009, Pages 2425-2428

  Caparanga, Alvin R ^a   Basilia, Blessie A ^a   Dagbay, Kevin B ^a   Salvacion, Jonathan W L ^a  

^a MAPUA UNIVERSITY   (Philippines)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ALKALINE SOLUTIONS; ANALYTICAL METHOD; CONDITIONING PROCESS; END GROUPS; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; GOODYEAR TIRE AND RUBBERS; THERMAL BEHAVIORS; TRITON X-100; WASTE MIXTURES;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FLOTATION; FUNCTIONAL GROUPS; NONIONIC SURFACTANTS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYVINYL CHLORIDES; THERMOPLASTICS;

DEGRADATION;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; TRITON X 100;

CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DEGRADATION; POLYMER; RECYCLING; SOLUTION; SURFACTANT; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTY; WASTE TECHNOLOGY;

ARTICLE; CONCENTRATION (PARAMETERS); CONTROLLED STUDY; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FLOTATION; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SEPARATION TECHNIQUE; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

CALORIMETRY, DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING; CARBON DIOXIDE; HYDROLYSIS; INDUSTRIAL WASTE; OCTOXYNOL; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; SODIUM HYDROXIDE; SPECTROSCOPY, FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

EID: 67650462024     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.03.025     Document Type: Article

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