Plasticizers Derived from Post-consumer PET

Ewa Langer gained her PhD in 2012 from Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, Poland, specializing in Technology of Polymers. Since 2006 she has worked in the Institute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and Dyes, Paint and Plastic Department in Gliwice. She works on the synthesis of new plastic additives, study of properties of raw materials for paints and plastics, and organic coatings. Krzysztof Bortel is the Director of the Institute For Engineering Of Polymer Materials and Dyes Paint and Plastics at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice. Marta Lenartowicz-Klik gained her Ph.D. at the Faculty of Chemistry, Silesian University of Technology (2006). She works at the Department of Physical Chemistry and Technology of Polymers of Silesian University of Technology. Sylwia Waskiewicz works in the Institute For Engineering Of Polymer Materials & Dyes Paint & Plastics at the Silesian University of Technology in Gliwice, primarily in the areas of plastics modification and processing, particularly in poly(vinyl chloride).

1 Assessment of Traditional Plasticizers............................................1
1.1 General Characteristic of Plasticizers ..........................................1
1.2 De?nitions....................................................................................2
1.3 Role of Plasticizers in Plastic Processing ......................................4
References.........................................................................................10

2 Classi?cation of Plasticizers............................................................ 13
2.1 Introduction.................................................................................13
2.2 Monomeric Plasticizers...............................................................22
2.3 Extenders....................................................................................28
2.4 Polymeric Plasticizers.................................................................29
2.5 Other Plasticizers........................................................................38
References........................................................................................39

3 Essential Quality Parameters of Plasticizers..................................45
3.1 Basic Quality Parameters............................................................45
3.2 Speci?c Quality Parameters........................................................64
3.3 Antiplasticization........................................................................87
References........................................................................................93

4 Research Trends in Plasticizer Production...................................101
4.1 Petrochemical Alternatives.......................................................103
4.2 Plasticizers Manufactured from Renewable Raw Materials.............111
References.........................................................................................119
Further Reading................................................................................126

5 Methods of PET Recycling ........................................................... 127
5.1 Chemical Recycling..................................................................129
5.2 Mechanical Recycling...............................................................159
5.3 Energetic Recycling..................................................................162
References.........................................................................................163

6 Synthesis of Plasticizers From Postconsumer PET.................... 173
6.1 Introduction...............................................................................173
6.2 Synthesis of Monomeric Plasticizers .......................................179
6.3 Synthesis of Oligomeric Plasticizers........................................184
References.........................................................................................193

7 Application of New, Synthesized Plasticizers.............................. 195
References.........................................................................................210
Index ..................................................................................................... 213