A novel industrial technique for recycling ethylene-propylene-diene waste rubber

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 111, Issue , 2015, Pages 114-123

  Mohaved, Saeed Ostad ^a   Ansarifar, Ali ^b   Nezhad, Sakineh Karbalaee ^a   Atharyfar, Sepideh ^a  

^a FERDOWSI UNIVERSITY OF MASHHAD   (Iran)

^b LOUGHBOROUGH UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

Autoclave; Chemicals; Devulcanization; EPDM waste powder; Oils

Indexed keywords

AUTOCLAVES; CHEMICALS; CURING; ETHYLENE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OIL SHALE; PRESSURE VESSELS; PROPYLENE; RECYCLING; RUBBER; VISCOSITY;

CROSS-LINK DENSITIES; DEVULCANIZATION; ETHYLENE-PROPYLENE-DIENE RUBBERS; HIGH-PRESSURE STEAM; INDUSTRIAL AUTOCLAVE; OILS; TETRAMETHYLTHIURAM DISULFIDE; VULCANIZATION SYSTEMS;

RUBBER APPLICATIONS;

EID: 84912049389     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2014.11.003     Document Type: Article

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