Effect of porous solid in catalytic degradation of polymers

Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2022     |     PP. 1-16      |     PDF (1696 K)    |     Pub. Date: May 18, 2022
DOI: 10.54647/energy48156    96 Downloads     220865 Views  

Author(s)

Katsuhide Murata, K. Murata Research Lab, Toyohashi 441-8151, Japan

Abstract
In this study the author investigated the effect of non-acidic porous solid (silicalite) on the thermal degradation behavior of polypropylene and polystyrene, and found that silicalite affects the thermal degradation behavior of polypropylene and polystyrene as well as polyethylene, respectively. And for comparison with silicalite, the thermal degradation behavior with silica-alumina was studied.
Experimental results obtained by the continuous reactor showed that not only the configuration of porous solids affected the thermal degradation behavior of polymer, but also the configuration of macromolecules affected it.

Keywords
Thermal degradation; Polymer; Porous solid; Configuration; Continuous flow reactor

Cite this paper
Katsuhide Murata, Effect of porous solid in catalytic degradation of polymers , SCIREA Journal of Energy. Volume 7, Issue 1, February 2022 | PP. 1-16. 10.54647/energy48156

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