Study on depolymerization of waste polyethylene terephthalate into monomer of bis(2-hydroxyethyl terephthalate)

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 87, Issue 1, 2005, Pages 117-120

  Xi, Guoxi ^a,b   Lu, Maixi ^a   Sun, Chen ^b  

^a CHINA UNIVERSITY OF MINING AND TECHNOLOGY   (China)

^b HENAN NORMAL UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Glycolysis; Monomer; Oligomers; Waste PET; Yield

Indexed keywords

DEPOLYMERIZATION; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; INFRARED SPECTROMETERS; MONOMERS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OLIGOMERS; PURIFICATION; SEPARATION;

ETHYLENE GLYCOL (EG); GLYCOLYSIS; WASTE POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES; WEIGHT RATIOS;

POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

EID: 9444240359     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2004.07.017     Document Type: Article

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