Additional steps in mechanical recyling of PET

Journal of Cleaner Production

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 92-100

  Mancini, Sandro Donnini ^a   Schwartzman, Jonas Age Saide ^a   Nogueira, Alex Rodrigues ^a   Kagohara, Dennis Akira ^a   Zanin, Maria ^b  

^a SÃO PAULO STATE UNIVERSITY UNESP   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Chemical washing; PET recycling; Polyethylene terephthalate; Terephthalic acid

Indexed keywords

AQUEOUS SOLUTIONS; COOKING OIL; DIRECT CONTACT; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; LABORATORY SCALE; MECHANICAL RECYCLING; PET BOTTLES; PET RECYCLING; PURIFIED TEREPHTHALIC ACID; SODIUM HYDROXIDES; TEREPHTHALIC ACIDS; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

ACIDS; BEVERAGES; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEWATERING; ETHYLENE; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; LUMINESCENCE OF ORGANIC SOLIDS; RECYCLING; RESINS; SODIUM; THERMOPLASTICS; WASHING;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 71949125194     PISSN: 09596526     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.jclepro.2009.09.004     Document Type: Article

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