Effective waste management must address waste reduction, reuse, recovery/recycling and,
as the least progressive option, waste treatment. The increase in plastic waste production is …

Thermal analysis of cellulose derivatives/starch blends with different sisal short fibre content,
were performed by TGA/DTGA under dynamic conditions. Apparent kinetic parameters were …

Vacuum pyrolysis of PVC has been studied emphasizing two aspects: the kinetics of PVC
pyrolysis reactions and the yields of pyrolysis products. The purpose of the kinetic study is to …

The thermal degradation behavior of cellulose fibers and some fibrous cellulose esters with
partial degree of substitution has been studied by thermogravimetry analysis (TG) and …

In this paper, a novel method for calculating degradation kinetics is presented. The method
has been applied to the thermal dehydrochlorination of two different samples of PVC. It has …

A new method of kinetic analysis using a dynamic model which accounts for the thermal
degradation of the polymer at any time, is proposed. The method was applied to predict the …

Waste not, want not: The increase in waste polymer generation, which continues to exceed
recycle, represents a critical environmental burden. However, plastic waste may be viewed …

The thermal and photooxidative behaviour of polyethylenes of different manufacturing
histories (linear low, metallocene and high density) have been investigated by FTIR …

This work deals with the kinetic analysis of data obtained in thermobalance. It consists of a
review of kinetic models used for material decomposition, and also of the methods used for …

The kinetics involved in the PVC decomposition under nitrogen atmosphere has been
studied by applying two kinetic models to dynamic thermogravimetric data. Models proposed …