Reactive Extrusion of Polyethylene Terephthalate Waste and Investigation of Its Thermal and Mechanical Properties after Treatment

<table class="table-group" id="tab4"><tr><td><table class="table"><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr class="thead"><td class="align_left">Sample</td><td class="align_center">PET</td><td class="align_center">PET + 0.4 g EG</td><td class="align_center">PET + 0.6 g EG</td><td class="align_center">PET + 1 g EG</td><td class="align_center">PET + 1.4 g<br/>EG</td><td class="align_center">PET + 2 g EG</td></tr><tr><td class="thead-hr" colspan="7"><hr/></td></tr><tr><td class="align_left">Flow index (g/10 min)</td><td class="align_center">0.891</td><td class="align_center">2.501</td><td class="align_center">7.329</td><td class="align_center">7.762</td><td class="align_center">13.627</td><td class="align_center">12.170</td></tr><tr class="table-tr"><td colspan="7"><hr class="tbody-hr"/></td></tr></table></td></tr></table>

Flow index results for untreated and EG treated PET samples.

International Journal of Chemical Engineering

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Table 4: Reactive Extrusion of Polyethylene Terephthalate Waste and Investigation of Its Thermal and Mechanical Properties after Treatment 