Catalytic and thermal pyrolysis of polycarbonate in a fixed-bed reactor: The effect of catalysts on products yields and composition

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 110, Issue , 2014, Pages 482-491

  Antonakou, E V ^a   Kalogiannis, K G ^b   Stefanidis, S D ^b,c   Karakoulia, S A ^b   Triantafyllidis, K S ^a,b   Lappas, A A ^b   Achilias, D S ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

^b INFORMATION TECHNOLOGIES INSTITUTE   (Greece)

^c UNIVERSITY OF WESTERN MACEDONIA   (Greece)

Author keywords

Catalysts; Phenols; Polycarbonate; Pyrolysis; Zeolites

Indexed keywords

PHENOLS; POLYCARBONATES; PYROLYSIS; ZEOLITES;

EFFECT OF CATALYST; FIXED-BED REACTORS; PRODUCTS YIELDS; THERMAL PYROLYSIS;

CATALYSTS;

EID: 84909593249     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2014.10.007     Document Type: Article

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