The role of crystalline, mobile amorphous and rigid amorphous fractions in the performance of recycled poly (ethylene terephthalate) (PET)

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 98-107

  Badia, J D ^a   Stromberg E ^b   Karlsson, S ^b,c   Ribes Greus, A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

^b ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^c UNIVERSITY OF SKÖVDE   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Infrared analysis (FT IR); Mechanical properties; Mechanical recycling; Poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET)

Indexed keywords

CHAIN SCISSION; CRYSTALLINE FRACTIONS; DEGRADATION REACTION; DIETHYLENEGLYCOL; GLASS-RUBBER RELAXATION; INFRARED ANALYSIS (FT-IR); INJECTION MOULDING; MECHANICAL FEATURE; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MECHANICAL RECYCLING; MICROSTRUCTURAL CHANGES; PROCESSING CYCLES; RECYCLED POLY(ETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE); RIGID-AMORPHOUS FRACTION; SEGMENTAL DYNAMICS; SHORTER CHAINS; THERMO-MECHANICAL DEGRADATION;

CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ETHYLENE; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; INJECTION MOLDING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; POLYMER BLENDS; RECYCLING;

AMORPHOUS MATERIALS;

EID: 82755187494     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.10.008     Document Type: Article

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