Recycling of extruded polystyrene wastes by dissolution and supercritical CO2 technology

Journal of Material Cycles and Waste Management

Volumn 14, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 308-316

  Gutiérrez, Cristina ^a   García, Maria T ^a   Gracia, Ignacio ^a   de Lucas, Antonio ^a   Rodríguez, Juan F ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CASTILLA LA MANCHA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Limonene; Polystyrene

Indexed keywords

EID: 84867852811     PISSN: 14384957     EISSN: 1436378X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10163-012-0074-9     Document Type: Article

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