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Aug 24, 2009 | Article
Petroleum drying up will lead to an energy crisis needing to find new sources for the plastics industry. Alternatives include the replacement of petroleum by coal, the use of minerals, the...
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Aug 3, 2009 | Article
The Community Insight of this month will give you an insight of the SpecialChem4Polymers members using PVC, whether they process PVC, compound it or even specify it...
Jul 7, 2009 | Article
Industrialization of bioplastics takes the conventional ways of industrial plastics, optimization of the properties by compounding with additives and blending with other (bio)plastics, processing...
May 14, 2009 | Article
To avoid competition with food crops, raw materials for bioplastics are chosen among agricultural, urban or industrial wastes and carbon dioxide. Processing methods can follow microbial, chemical or...
Jan 7, 2009 | Article
Recycling means the reuse of the waste materials in a production process for the original purpose or for other purposes excluding energy recovery. Reprocessing can be done using mechanical or...
Mar 20, 2006 | Article
The mechanical recycling, useful for sorted plastics, is unsuitable for the considerable stream of mixed plastics included in municipal solid wastes and shredders coming from end-of-life vehicles or...
Aug 4, 2004 | Article
PVC is a performing but relatively stiff, brittle resin processed with the heavy machinery of thermoplastics. Its plasticization discovered in 1928 by The BF Goodrich Company opened the door to:...
Feb 25, 2004 | Article
Through offering the required balance of physical and chemical properties, the applications for polymer blends continue to grow. Compatibilizers provide the mechanism for blending these immiscible...
Jan 6, 2003 | Article
When developing or fine-tuning a PVC formulation for profile extrusion it is usual to pay close attention to the fusion characteristics, such as fusion time, fusion and equilibrium torque and...
Jun 11, 2001 | Article
Polyvinyl Chloride (PVC), the second world-wide plastic material, which finds widespread use in transport, building, packaging, electrical/electronic and healthcare applications, has been under...