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Research on thermal destruction mechanism of non-absorbing polymers with microwave energy exposure
Last modified: 2015-09-13
Abstract
The implementation of non-absorbent polymers thermal destruction initiated by indirect heating in an intense electromagnetic microwave field using carbon thermal conversion elements is considered. Results of theoretical analysis based on mathematical modeling and experimental investigation into depolymerization of the polymer are analyzed. Polystyrene and polymethylmethacrylate are the investigated polymers; their destruction products are styrene and methyl methacrylate.
Keywords
polystyrene; polymethylmethacrylate; depolymerization; microwave heating; mathematical modeling; carbon