Devulcanization of ground tire rubber: Physical and chemical changes after different microwave exposure times

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 9, Issue 11, 2015, Pages 1015-1026

  Garcia, P S ^a   de Sousa, F D B ^a   de Lima, J A ^a   Cruz, S A ^a   Scuracchio, C H ^b  

^a UNIVERSIDADE FEDERAL DO ABC   (Brazil)

^b FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Degradation; Devulcanization; Ground tire rubber; Microwaves; Recycling

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DROP BREAKUP; FLUIDITY; GLASS TRANSITION; MORPHOLOGY; RECYCLING; STYRENE; TIRES;

DEVULCANIZATION; DROPLET DISPERSION; ELASTOMERIC BLENDS; GROUND TIRE RUBBERS; MICROWAVE EXPOSURE; MICROWAVE TREATMENT; MORPHOLOGICAL ANALYSIS; STYRENE BUTADIENE RUBBER;

MICROWAVES;

EID: 84940825914     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2015.91     Document Type: Article

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