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Molecular and material property variations during the ideal degradation and mechanical recycling of PET
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This review analyzes how repeated mechanical recycling of PET degrades its molecular and material properties—such as molecular weight, viscosity, and crystallinity—across multiple cycles. Understanding these interconnected changes is essential for assessing the feasibility and limits of PET mechanical recycling in a circular economy.
To verify if PET mechanical recycling is feasible, we need to acknowledge chemical and material property variations. This review highlights the relevance of the connectivity of these variations as a function of the number of recycling cycles.
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