Chemical recycling of polycarbonate based wastes using alkaline hydrolysis under microwave irradiation

Waste and Biomass Valorization

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 3-7

  Tsintzou, Georgia P ^a   Achilias, Dimitris S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Microwaves; Polycarbonate; Recycling; Waste CDs

Indexed keywords

ALKALI CONCENTRATIONS; CDS; CONSTANT TEMPERATURE; EXPERIMENTAL CONDITIONS; HYDROLYSIS PRODUCTS; INCREASING TEMPERATURES; PHASE TRANSFER CATALYSTS; REACTION WITH WATERS;

ALKALINITY; EXPERIMENTS; HYDROLYSIS; MICROWAVE GENERATION; MICROWAVE POWER TRANSMISSION; MICROWAVES; MONOMERS; POLYCARBONATES; RECYCLING;

WATER RECYCLING;

EID: 84875726558     PISSN: 18772641     EISSN: 1877265X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s12649-012-9125-7     Document Type: Article

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