Recyclability of PET from virgin resin

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 measurem...

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Main Authors: Sandro Donnini Mancini, Maria Zanin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol) 1999-01-01
Series:Materials Research
Subjects:
PET
Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14391999000100006