Rubber Recycling: Chemistry, processing, and applications

Rubber Chemistry and Technology

Volumn 85, Issue 3, 2012, Pages 408-449

  Myhre, Marvin ^a   Saiwari, Sitisaiyidah ^b   Dierkes, Wilma ^b   Noordermeer, Jacques ^b  

^a Canadian Rubber Testing and Development Limited   (Canada)

^b UNIVERSITY OF TWENTE   (Netherlands)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ARTIFICIAL TURFS; BUSINESS OPPORTUNITIES; CIVIL ENGINEERING APPLICATIONS; COST FACTORS; DEVULCANIZATION; END-OF-LIFE; FLOOR TILE; GROUND RUBBERS; LARGE PARTICLES; PROCESS SAFETY; PROPERTY LOSS; RECYCLED MATERIALS; RECYCLED RUBBER; RECYCLING TECHNOLOGY; SHORT-COMINGS; TIRE-DERIVED FUEL; WET GRINDING;

BINDERS; CIVIL ENGINEERING; ENVIRONMENTAL TECHNOLOGY; PLASTICS INDUSTRY; POLYBUTADIENES; RECYCLING; RUBBER; RUBBER INDUSTRY; SAFETY FACTOR; TIRE INDUSTRY; TIRES;

RUBBER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84868115607     PISSN: 00359475     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.5254/rct.12.87973     Document Type: Article

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