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Reprocessing and Properties of Homopolymer Blends of Virgin and Recycled Polymers

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Frontiers in the Science and Technology of Polymer Recycling

Part of the book series: NATO ASI Series ((NSSE,volume 351))

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The blends of the same virgin and recycled polymer, (homopolymer or “monopolymer” blends), show rheological and mechanical properties in most cases between those of the two components athough, in general, lower than those expected on the basis of additivity rules. In some cases, however, a minimum observed in some property versus composition curves is correlated with the change of the crystalline morphology induced by structural differences of the two components and due to different molecular weights and, in particular, the presence of oxygenated groups. In this chapter, the main properties of some homopolymer blends will be reviewed by considering, in particular, the influence of composition, structure and morphology of the recycled components on the properties of these blends.

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  1. Dipartimento di Ingegneria Chimica dei Processi e dei Materiali, Universita’ di Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, 90128, Palermo, Italy

    F. P. La Mantia

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  1. Departments of Chem. and Polymer Sci .& Technology, Middle East Technical University, 06531, Ankara, Turkey

    Güneri Akovali (Director, lecturer) (Director, lecturer)

  2. Department of Polymer Engineering, University of Minho, 4800, Guimares, Portugal

    Carlos A. Bernardo (Co-Director, lecturer) (Co-Director, lecturer)

  3. Polymer Tech., Ortec Corp., 2395 Speakman Drive, L5K 1B3, Missisagua, Ontario, Canada

    Jacob Leidner (lecturer) (lecturer)

  4. Industrial Materials Institute, National Research Council of Canada (NRCC), 75 de Mortagne, J4B 6Y4, Boucherville, Quebec, Canada

    Leszek A. Utracki (lecturer) (lecturer)

  5. Polymer Processing Institute at Stevens Institute of Technology, Castle Point on Hudson, 07030, Hoboken, NJ, USA

    Marino Xanthos (lecturer) (lecturer)

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La Mantia, F.P. (1998). Reprocessing and Properties of Homopolymer Blends of Virgin and Recycled Polymers. In: Akovali, G., Bernardo, C.A., Leidner, J., Utracki, L.A., Xanthos, M. (eds) Frontiers in the Science and Technology of Polymer Recycling. NATO ASI Series, vol 351. Springer, Dordrecht. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-94-017-1626-0_17

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