Tough vehicle and construction plastics dissolve into reusable material with low-waste method
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"Tough vehicle and construction plastics dissolve into reusable material with low-waste method" is generating significant coverage in the Science category, with 6 articles from 6 distinct sources tracked by PULSE so far.
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Coverage (6)
- Virginia Tech scientists turn hard-to-recycle PVC into high-performance synthetic oil Yahoo · 61d ago
- Lubricant from PVC waste, white paint – without "forever chemicals": scientists' new solutions in materials science LIGA.net · 61d ago
- Sorting, melting and remolding PVC is difficult, which is why so little of the roughly 60 million tons made each year comes back. A chemical route that runs at just 70 degrees Celsius skips all three and leaves a thick oil that keeps engines and gearboxes ScienceBlog.com · 61d ago
- Decontructing a plastic pufferfish made of pDCPD (IMAGE) eurekalert.org · 61d ago
- Scientists Turn Common Plastic Waste Into Fuel Using Heated Salts SciTechDaily · 61d ago
- Tough vehicle and construction plastics dissolve into reusable material with low-waste method Phys.org · 61d ago
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