Addition of X-ray fluorescent tracers into polymers, new technology for automatic sorting of plastics: Proposal for selecting some relevant tracers

Resources, Conservation and Recycling

Volumn 55, Issue 12, 2011, Pages 1214-1221

  Bezati, Feliks ^a,b   Froelich, Daniel ^a   Massardier, Valérie ^b   Maris, Elisabeth ^a  

^a Laboratoire Conception de Produits et Innovation   (France)

^b UNIVERSITÉ DE LYON   (France)

Author keywords

Polyolefin; Rare earth oxides; Recycling; Sorting; Tracer; X ray fluorescence

Indexed keywords

AUTOMATIC SORTING; FLUORESCENT TRACERS; RARE EARTH OXIDE; RARE EARTH OXIDES; TRACER; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ELASTOMERS; FLUORESCENCE; PLASTICS; POLYOLEFINS; RARE EARTHS; RECYCLING; SORTING;

X RAYS;

FLUORESCENT DYE; LANTHANIDE; PLASTIC; POLYMER; TRACER;

PLASTIC; POLYMER; RECYCLING; TRACER; X-RAY FLUORESCENCE;

ARTICLE; AUTOMATION; BIOFILTER; BIOTECHNOLOGICAL PROCEDURES; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CONTROLLED STUDY; ECONOMIC ASPECT; ILLUMINATION; INCINERATION; RECYCLING; RISK ASSESSMENT; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MANAGEMENT; X RAY FLUORESCENCE;

EID: 80053365603     PISSN: 09213449     EISSN: 18790658     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.resconrec.2011.05.014     Document Type: Article

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