Physical properties of virgin-recycled ABS blends: Effect of post-consumer content and of reprocessing cycles

European Polymer Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 637-648

  Scaffaro, R ^a   Botta, L ^a   Di Benedetto, G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PALERMO   (Italy)

Author keywords

ABS; Mechanical properties; Polymer blends; Recycling

Indexed keywords

ABS; IMPACT TEST; MECHANICAL TESTS; POST-CONSUMER; PROCESSABILITY; REPROCESSING CYCLES; THERMO-MECHANICAL; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMER BLENDS; RECYCLING;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

EID: 84857057412     PISSN: 00143057     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.eurpolymj.2011.12.018     Document Type: Article

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