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Production of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene/High-Density Polyethylene Composites from Waste Sources by Using Coupling Agents

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A possible way of recycling plastic wastes has been investigated. Polyalkenyl-poly-maleic-anhydride derivates were synthesized and employed in ABS and HDPE blends to eliminate their immiscibility. By this way, the recycling of ABS and HDPE could be performed with improved mechanical properties of reshaped specimens.

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The research was funded by the TAMOP-4.2.1/B-09/1/KONV-2010-0003 Project (financial support by the Hungarian State and the European Union) whose support the authors gratefully acknowledge. The authors are also grateful to the Institute of Chemical Engineering Cooperative Research Center of the University of Pannonia for the financial support received for this work.

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  1. University of Pannonia, Faculty of Engineering, Institute of Chemical Engineering and Process Engineering, MOL Department of Hydrocarbon and Coal Processing, H-8200, Veszprém, Egyetem u. 10, Hungary

    N. Miskolczi, H. Szakacs & E. Riegel

  2. Tomas Bata University, Faculty of Technology, Polymer Centre, Zlín, Nám. T.G. Masaryka 275, 76272, Zlín, Czech Republic

    V. Sedlarik & P. Kucharczyk

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Russian translation published in Mekhanika Kompozitnykh Materialov, Vol. 50, No. 3, pp. 529-542 , May-June, 2014.

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Miskolczi, N., Szakacs, H., Sedlarik, V. et al. Production of Acrylonitrile Butadiene Styrene/High-Density Polyethylene Composites from Waste Sources by Using Coupling Agents. Mech Compos Mater 50, 377–386 (2014). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11029-014-9423-1

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Keywords

  • polyalkenyl-poly-maleic-anhydride derivates
  • ABS
  • HDPE
  • immisciblility