However, this research group’s idea of applying a catalyst used for converting vegetable oil esters directly as a polyester cracking catalyst is unprecedented in the research literature.

SCIENTISTS at catalyst company Synetix, a member of the ICI Group, have announced a discovery which may prevent the world running out of polyester. Used in everything from sleeping bags to tyres ...

For use in molding, a polyester resin requires the addition of several ancillary products. These products are generally: a catalyst, an accelerator, or additives for thixotropic properties, pigment, ...

The catalyst takes ether and ester groups, both abundant in plastics like polyester and biomass compounds like cellulose and helps them react with a silicon containing compound known as a disilane.

If these ester bonds could be completely broken, polyester could be reverted to ... EG while quantitatively recovering cotton waste. The catalyst also facilitated the selective depolymerization ...

To tackle this problem, Andini and her team used a solvent that breaks the chemical bonds in polyester fabric while ... energy and add a zinc oxide catalyst. This combination reduces the breakdown ...

However, this research group’s idea of applying a catalyst used for converting vegetable oil esters directly as a polyester cracking catalyst is unprecedented in the research literature. Moreover, ...