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Separation Technologies

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Frontiers in the Science and Technology of Polymer Recycling

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Separation and cleaning is usually a central part of a plastics recycling process. Separation processes utilize differences in some of the properties of the materials to be separated. Some of the properties used to separate plastics are density, surface energy, appearance, colour, solubility, low temperature behaviour and melt flow properties. Separation can be carried out manually or using automated process.

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  1. ORTECH Corp., 2395 Speakman Dr., Mississauga, Ontario, Canada

    Jacob Leidner

  2. School of Applied Sciences, University of Wolverhampton, Wulfruna St., Wolverhampton, WV1 1SB, UK

    Dr. Graham Boden

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Editors and Affiliations

  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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Leidner, J., Boden, G. (1998). Separation Technologies. 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_14

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