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Devolatilisation

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Developments in Plastics Technology —3

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Devolatilisation is not a new unit process, but it is only recently that it has been accorded the attention it warrants. There are now a number of theoretical treatments of this topic and a variety of equipment items which have been adapted to, or developed for, the devolatilisation process. In its broadest sense devolatilisation is the removal of volatiles, including moisture, from a substance. In this dialogue the only substances allowed will be plastics and, in the main, attention will only be paid to devolatilisation from a molten mass. The volatiles may be extracted as a gas or vapour (condensable gas).

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  1. Celanese Engineering Resins, Summit, New Jersey, USA

    Keith T. O’Brien

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  1. London School of Polymer Technology, The Polytechnic of North London, Holloway, London, UK

    A. Whelan

  2. Plastics and Rubbers, Enfield, UK

    J. L. Craft (Technical Consultant) (Technical Consultant)

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O’Brien, K.T. (1986). Devolatilisation. In: Whelan, A., Craft, J.L. (eds) Developments in Plastics Technology —3. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-009-4183-0_2

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