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JOURNAL OF POLYMER ENGINEERING
Volume 33, Issue 5, Pages 471-481Publisher
WALTER DE GRUYTER GMBH
DOI: 10.1515/polyeng-2013-0027
Keywords
dissolution/reprecipitation; plastic packaging; polymer recycling; turpentine
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- Faculty of Chemical Engineering and Natural Resource (FKKSA), University Malaysia Pahang
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Restoration of waste polymer based on low-density polyethylene (LDPE), high-density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP) is studied using the dissolution/reprecipitation method. In this technique, pure turpentine, turpentine/petroleum ether (PetE) and turpentine/benzene as solvents with different fractions and PetE and n-hexane as non-solvents were examined. Commercial polymer products (packaging food, bags, laboratory plastic materials, detergent containers) used as raw materials were optimized with model polymers. Polymer recoveries in every case were <94%. Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectra and tensile mechanical properties of the samples before and after recycling were measured. Potential recycling-based degradation of the polymer was further investigated by measuring the thermal properties (melting point and crystallinity), before and after recycling, using differential scanning calorimetry (DSC). The blend solvents were seen as good solvents for all polyolefins used and the dissolution temperature was less than the pure solvent at the same time. High reconditioning was observed in most recycled samples, with no significant difference from the virgin materials. The studied technique seems to be viable for waste polyolefin polymer recycling.
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