Thermal properties of polypropylene post-consumer waste (PP PCW) |
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Authors: | Email author" target="_blank">J?MajumdarEmail author F?Cser M?C?Jollands R?A?Shanks |
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Institution: | (1) School of Civil and Chemical Engineering, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, 3001 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia;(2) Department of Applied Chemistry, RMIT University, GPO Box 2476V, 3001 Melbourne, Victoria, Australia |
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Abstract: | Differential scanning calorimetry has been used to study the heat flow during melting and crystallisation of a range of polypropylene post-consumer waste (PP PCW) grades and blends. The heat flow curves and the heat capacity curves indicated that the PP PCW grades and blends contained contaminants even after manual sorting and a cleaning process. The enthalpies of the PP PCW grades were lower than that for the virgin grades, as a result of degradation. Small amounts of polymeric contaminants (up to 10%) did not affect the enthalpies of PP PCW although other contaminants may have had some effect. The enthalpies of the PCW blends could in general be predicted by a linear additive rule, which is of importance for recycling a variety of PP PCW products.The authors would like to thank Dr. M. Killen (Basell Australia Pty. Ltd.), Mr. P. Slaven (Citiwide MRF), Dasma Valley Waste Prop. Ltd. and Mr. I. Janetzki (Huhtamaki Australia Ltd.) for supplying materials for this project. Financial support for the project was provided by Basell Australia and Ecorecycle Victoria, Australia. |
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Keywords: | contamination enthalpy heat capacity MDSC polypropylene recycling |
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