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Testing of Plastics
Plastics belong to the category of materials which require special attention in terms of fire protection. Due to their increased use in construction,...
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Biodegradable Plastics: Environmental Friendly Alternative to Petroleum Products
The presence of plastic waste in the environment poses a serious threat to all living beings and their immediate environment. The presence of micro...
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Enhanced Catalytic Pyrolysis for Sustainable Transformation of Waste Plastics into Energy Resources
Polymers, such as plastics, are composed of polymeric compounds that may be formed into solid objects of different shapes formed by applying pressure...
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Specificity of Designing Hydraulic Cylinders Made of Plastics
The principles of designing hydraulic cylinders are generally known, but metals are assumed to be typical design materials for cylinders, which...
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Principal component analysis and deep neural networks in modeling the melt flow index of degradable plastics
Melt flow index (MFI) is one of the physical properties of degradable plastics that must be considered in the production of well-degradable plastics....
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Simultaneous Utilization of Fly Ash and Waste Plastics for Making Bricks and Paver Blocks
Fly ash is essentially the fine unburnt oxides from coal ash. The major sources for fly ash generation are coal combustion in power plants and...
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An improved classification method of waste smartphone plastics based on near-infrared spectroscopy
The near-infrared spectra technique is an effective and non-destructive analysis method for polymer identification, and it has been applied in waste...
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A review on the use of waste plastics in hot mix asphalt
Amongst various avenues being searched for solving the menace of increasing amount of plastic accumulation, its use in hot mix asphalt (HMA) is...
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Constraints to the Application of Recycled Plastics
The use of recycled plastic materials in normally demanding construction products is currently hampered by the idea that recycled materials are of...
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Recent Advances in Solar Pyrolysis for Fuel Production from Waste Plastics
The aim of this study is to present the state-of-the-art data on solar pyrolysis of waste plastics. Solar pyrolysis is a promising technology for...
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Plastics Statistics: Production, Recycling, and Market Data
Reliable data related to the production and demand of plastic materials, quantities of plastic recycled and of recycled plastic materials used in...
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A Unified View of Carbon Neutrality: Solar-Driven Selective Upcycling of Waste Plastics
With the rapid development of plastic production and consumption globally, the amount of post-consumer plastic waste has reached levels that have...
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Study on the degradability of plastics with prodegradant additives during anaerobic and aerobic biological waste treatment processes
The degradability of conventional plastic packaging specimens made from PP and PET, that were produced with novel prodegradant additives, was...
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A Survey on Current Practices, Strategies and Research Needs for Circular Manufacturing of Plastics
Advances in manufacturing technology made plastics comparatively inexpensive, light, mouldable and durable. The great success of plastics comes along...
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Valorization of Post-Consumers Plastics and Agro-Waste in Sustainable Polymeric Composites for Tribological Applications
The research proposed an effective approach for recycling of waste plastics and agro-industrial waste as a source of energy optimizing the economic...
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Application of two modified kaolin materials in removing micro-plastics from water
Some modified kaolin materials have the potential as adsorbents for the removal of numerous pollutants. In view of this, we developed two modified...
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Wax from Pyrolysis of Waste Plastics as a Potential Source of Phase Change Material for Thermal Energy Storage
Over the past half-century, plastic consumption has grown rapidly due to its versatility, low cost, and unrivaled functional properties. Among the...
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Recycling of the Main Plastics Used in Construction
This chapter refers to the recycling of the main plastics used in construction, namely polyvinyl chloride, polyurethane, polypropylene, polyethylene,...
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Waste Plastics to Hydrogen (H2) Through Thermochemical Conversion Processes
Plastic products are essential parts of modern life as they are used in household items, packaging, electronics, building, automotive and many more....
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Reliability-based optimization design of carbon fiber reinforced plastics crossbeam of twist-beam suspension
Due to the lightweight and excellent mechanical property, carbon fiber reinforced plastics (CFRP) are widely applied in vehicle components. In this...