Recyclability of PET from virgin resin
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Resumo: | Bottle grade virgin PET (polyethylene terephthalate) resin was investigated through five consecutive injection molding steps to simulate recycling cycles. Tests were carried out after each recycling to evaluate degradation, crystallinity (by density and Differential Scanning Calorimetry-DSC measurements), hardness, and tensile and flexural properties. Consecutive recycling resulted in cumulative chain breaks caused by the material's contact with degrading agents such as temperature, oxygen, mechanical stresses, light, and water. In the fifth recycling step, for example, the number of carboxylic end groups, an indicator of the extent of chain-break, tripled in comparison to the initial molecule. The smaller chains that were formed fit more easily among the larger ones, thus increasing the percentage of crystalline phase in the structure. These two changes in the polymer's structure explained the recycled products' final properties, i.e., the injected samples became progressively harder and more fragile in each recycling step. |
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Recyclability of PET from virgin resinrecyclingPETcrystallinitydegradationmechanical propertiesBottle grade virgin PET (polyethylene terephthalate) resin was investigated through five consecutive injection molding steps to simulate recycling cycles. Tests were carried out after each recycling to evaluate degradation, crystallinity (by density and Differential Scanning Calorimetry-DSC measurements), hardness, and tensile and flexural properties. Consecutive recycling resulted in cumulative chain breaks caused by the material's contact with degrading agents such as temperature, oxygen, mechanical stresses, light, and water. In the fifth recycling step, for example, the number of carboxylic end groups, an indicator of the extent of chain-break, tripled in comparison to the initial molecule. The smaller chains that were formed fit more easily among the larger ones, thus increasing the percentage of crystalline phase in the structure. These two changes in the polymer's structure explained the recycled products' final properties, i.e., the injected samples became progressively harder and more fragile in each recycling step.ABM, ABC, ABPol1999-01-01info:eu-repo/semantics/articleinfo:eu-repo/semantics/publishedVersiontext/htmlhttp://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14391999000100006Materials Research v.2 n.1 1999reponame:Materials research (São Carlos. Online)instname:Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR)instacron:ABM ABC ABPOL10.1590/S1516-14391999000100006info:eu-repo/semantics/openAccessMancini,Sandro DonniniZanin,Mariaeng2000-01-27T00:00:00Zoai:scielo:S1516-14391999000100006Revistahttp://www.scielo.br/mrPUBhttps://old.scielo.br/oai/scielo-oai.phpdedz@power.ufscar.br1980-53731516-1439opendoar:2000-01-27T00:00Materials research (São Carlos. Online) - Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR)false |
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Recyclability of PET from virgin resin |
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Recyclability of PET from virgin resin |
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Recyclability of PET from virgin resin Mancini,Sandro Donnini recycling PET crystallinity degradation mechanical properties |
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Recyclability of PET from virgin resin |
title_full |
Recyclability of PET from virgin resin |
title_fullStr |
Recyclability of PET from virgin resin |
title_full_unstemmed |
Recyclability of PET from virgin resin |
title_sort |
Recyclability of PET from virgin resin |
author |
Mancini,Sandro Donnini |
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Mancini,Sandro Donnini Zanin,Maria |
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author |
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Zanin,Maria |
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Mancini,Sandro Donnini Zanin,Maria |
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recycling PET crystallinity degradation mechanical properties |
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recycling PET crystallinity degradation mechanical properties |
description |
Bottle grade virgin PET (polyethylene terephthalate) resin was investigated through five consecutive injection molding steps to simulate recycling cycles. Tests were carried out after each recycling to evaluate degradation, crystallinity (by density and Differential Scanning Calorimetry-DSC measurements), hardness, and tensile and flexural properties. Consecutive recycling resulted in cumulative chain breaks caused by the material's contact with degrading agents such as temperature, oxygen, mechanical stresses, light, and water. In the fifth recycling step, for example, the number of carboxylic end groups, an indicator of the extent of chain-break, tripled in comparison to the initial molecule. The smaller chains that were formed fit more easily among the larger ones, thus increasing the percentage of crystalline phase in the structure. These two changes in the polymer's structure explained the recycled products' final properties, i.e., the injected samples became progressively harder and more fragile in each recycling step. |
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1999 |
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1999-01-01 |
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http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14391999000100006 |
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http://old.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14391999000100006 |
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eng |
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eng |
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10.1590/S1516-14391999000100006 |
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ABM, ABC, ABPol |
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ABM, ABC, ABPol |
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Materials Research v.2 n.1 1999 reponame:Materials research (São Carlos. Online) instname:Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR) instacron:ABM ABC ABPOL |
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Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR) |
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ABM ABC ABPOL |
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Materials research (São Carlos. Online) - Universidade Federal de São Carlos (UFSCAR) |
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