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Laboratory tests indicated that gamma radiation treatment and cross-linking using triaHylcyanurate or acetylene produced a flexible recycled plastic from mixtures of polyethylene, polypropylene, general-purpose polystyrene, and high impact grade PS (62). 

Large quantities of fat are used from the fast food industry these fats may have dissolved plastics from restaurant wrappers which can restrict spray no22le orifices as the fats cool duting sprayiag on pet foods (see Fats and fatty oils). 

Solvation—Desolvation Equilibrium. From the observation of migration of plasticizer from plasticized polymers it is clear that plasticizer molecules, or at least some of them, are not bound permanently to the polymer as iu an internally plasticized resia, but rather an exchange—equiHbrium mechanism is present. This implies that there is no stoichiometric relationship between polymer and plasticizer levels, although some quasi-stoichiometric relationships appear to exist (3,4). This idea is extended later ia the discussion of specific iateractions. 

Polarity Parameter. Despite their appareat simplicity, these parameters, ( ), show a good correlatioa with plasticizer activity for nonpolymeric plasticizers (10). The parameter is defiaed 2ls (j) = [M A j Po)]/1000 where M = molar mass of plasticizer, = number of carboa atoms ia the plasticizer excluding aromatic and carboxyHc acid carbon atoms, and Pg — number of polar (eg, carbonyl) groups present. The 1000 factor is used to produce values of convenient magnitude. Polarity parameters provide useful predictions of the activity of monomeric plasticizers, but are not able to compare activity of plasticizers from different families. 

Fig. 2. Volatile loss of plasticizers from flexible PVC (BSS 35) where M represents Cg [...

The main area of interest for plasticizers in PET is in the area of dyeing. Due to its lack of hydrogen bonds PET is relatively difficult to dye. Plasticizers used in this process can increase the speed and intensity of the dyeing process. The compounds used, however, tend to be of low molecular weight since high volatiHty is required to enable rapid removal of plasticizer from the product (see Dye carriers). 

The first step in the formation of resins and plastics from formaldehyde and amino compounds is the addition of formaldehyde to introduce the hydroxymethyl group, known as methylolation or hydroxymethylation ... 

It is not tme either that vinyl is the problem in municipal recycling because it contaminates other resins. Contamination occurs whether or not vinyl is present. Other resins are just as much a contamination problem as vinyl. Except for commingled plastics apphcations, different plastic materials caimot be mixed successfiJly in most recycled products apphcations. This is why it is cmcial to separate efficientiy one plastic from another. Because of the chlorine that is present in it, vinyl lends itself very weU to automated sorting technology. 

In some cases, plasticization of a PSA may be detrimental to its performance. A well-known example is the deterioration of the performance of an adhesive applied to plasticized PVC. Migration of the plasticizer from the flexible vinyl into the PSA often softens the adhesive to the point where it fails cohesively from the vinyl, leaving sticky residue behind during removal of the adhesive-coated article from the substrate. One way to address this detrimental effect of plasticizer migration is to formulate an already plasticized PSA, perhaps because a better balance exists between the plasticizer in the PVC substrate and the PSA in contact with it [101]. 

Joining of finished plastic components by fusing materials either with or without the addition of plastic from another source. 

Although plastic sheet and film may be produced using a slit die, by far the most common method nowadays is the film blowing process illustrated in Fig. 4.20. The molten plastic from the extruder passes through an annular die and emerges as a thin tube. A supply of air to the inside of the tube prevents it from collapsing and indeed may be used to inflate it to a larger diameter. 

In the hydraulic system, oil under pressure is introduced behind a piston connected to the moving platen of the machine. This causes the mould to close and the clamp force can be adjusted so that there is no leakage of molten plastic from the mould. 

There has been a rapid growth of the demand for plastics from less than 20 billion pounds in 1970 to nearly 50 billion pounds consumed in the United States in 1986, mostly due to the substitution of traditional raw materials. All over the world, plastics have replaced metals, glass, ceramics, wood papers, and natural fibers in a wide variety of industries including packaging, consumer products, automobiles, building and construction, electronics and electrical equipment, appliances, furniture, piping, and heavy industrial equipment [57-121]. Consumption patterns of PBAs in some countries are shown in Tabies 1 and 2. 

Convey molten plastic from sprue to cavities... 

Plastics Institute) established the materials database called Polymat. This program brings greater availability into a plastics market in which a general perspective is becoming increasingly difficult to obtain. This database contains information on plastics and elastomers, supplying about thirty to fifty properties for each material. Initially some six thousand plastics, from about seventy manufacturers, were stored. 

G. B. Kharas, F. Sanchez-Riera, and D. K. Severson, in Plastics from Microbes D. P. Mobley (Ed.), Carl Hanser Verlag, Munich, 1994, p. 94. 

Schematic of material chains related to plastics, from production to waste disposal routes...

The results of studies are discussed into the co-combustion of plastics with respect to the recycling of scrap plastics from the building, packaging, automotive, electrical and electronic industries. Tests were carried out by APME on plastic waste from these end-use industries in a typical large scale EfW facility with respect to operational and environmental problems. 

ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACTS BY DISPOSAL OF PLASTIC FROM MUNICIPAL SOLID WASTE... 

This article examines the progress being made in methods of converting plastics into chemical feedstocks. BASF is setting an ambitious pace with its feedstock recycling programme with a 1996 target date for a 300,000 t/y plant to be fed with waste plastics from the DSD/DKR system. The process uses a confidential catalyst system and is described as similar to pyrolysis. A 15,000 t/y pilot plant... 

CappeUo J. and Ferrari F., Microbial production of stmctural protein polymers, (Mobler D.P., ed.). Plastics from Microbes, Hanser PubUshers, Munich, 1994, 35. 

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