Recycling of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene (ABS) copolymers from waste electrical and electronic equipment (WEEE), through using an epoxy-based chain extender

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 112, Issue , 2015, Pages 167-174

  Wang, Jia ^a   Li, Yingchun ^a   Song, Jiangfeng ^a   He, Maoyong ^a   Song, Jingjing ^a   Xia, Kai ^a  

^a NORTH UNIVERSITY OF CHINA   (China)

Author keywords

Aging mechanism; Chain extender; Mechanical properties; Recycled acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (rABS); Recycling

Indexed keywords

BUTADIENE; CHAINS; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; CHROMATOGRAPHY; COPOLYMERS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; DYNAMICS; ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IMPACT STRENGTH; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OSCILLATORS (ELECTRONIC); RECYCLING; RHEOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STYRENE; TENSILE STRENGTH; VISCOSITY;

ACRYLONITRILE BUTADIENE STYRENE; AGING MECHANISM; ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTION FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; CHAIN EXTENDERS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS (DMA); GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY (GPC); MECHANICAL PROPERTIES TESTING; WASTE ELECTRICAL AND ELECTRONIC EQUIPMENT;

ABS RESINS;

EID: 84921027416     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2014.12.025     Document Type: Article

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