Surface ozonation of polyvinyl chloride for its separation from waste plastic mixture by froth floatation

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Volumn 12, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 326-331

  Reddy, Mallampati Srinivasa ^a   Okuda, Tetsuji ^a   Kurose, Keisuke ^a   Tsai, Tsung Yueh ^a   Nakai, Satoshi ^a   Nishijima, Wataru ^a   Okada, Mitsumasa ^a  

^a HIROSHIMA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Froth flotation; Hydrophilicity; Ozonation; Polyvinyl chloride (PVC); Surface modification

Indexed keywords

EID: 78649716404     PISSN: 14384957     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10163-010-0305-x     Document Type: Article

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