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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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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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