Temperature-dependent pyrolytic product evolution profile for low-density polyethylene from gas chromatographic study

Waste Management

Volumn 30, Issue 5, 2010, Pages 814-820

  Hujuri, Ujwala ^a   Ghoshal, Aloke K ^a   Gumma, Sasidhar ^a  

^a INDIAN INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY GUWAHATI   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION MECHANISM; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; DYNAMIC CONDITION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHS; INTERMOLECULAR HYDROGEN; INTRAMOLECULAR HYDROGEN TRANSFER; MAIN CHAINS; PRODUCT ANALYSIS; PRODUCT DISTRIBUTIONS; PYROLYSIS TEMPERATURE; PYROLYTIC PRODUCTS; PYROLYZATES; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENT; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYZERS; VOLATILE PRODUCTS;

GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; HYDROGEN; POLYETHYLENES; PYROLYSIS; THERMOPLASTICS;

DENSITY OF GASES;

POLYETHYLENE; POLYMER;

DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; POLYMER; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; THERMAL DECOMPOSITION;

ARTICLE; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL REACTION; DECOMPOSITION; DEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; KINETICS; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYMERIZATION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; PYROLYSIS; TEMPERATURE DEPENDENCE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY; WASTE MANAGEMENT; CHEMISTRY; FRACTIONATION; METHODOLOGY; TEMPERATURE;

CHEMICAL FRACTIONATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY, GAS; POLYETHYLENE; TEMPERATURE; THERMOGRAVIMETRY;

EID: 77954723344     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: 18792456     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2009.12.013     Document Type: Article

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