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Title: Reconstituted Polymeric Materials Derived From Post-Consumer Waste, Industrial Scrap And Virgin Resins Made By Solid State Shear Pulverizat

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OSTI ID:879850

A method of making polymeric particulates wherein polymeric scrap material, virgin polymeric material and mixtures thereof are supplied to intermeshing extruder screws which are rotated to transport the polymeric material along their length and subject the polymeric material to solid state shear pulverization and in-situ polymer compatibilization, if two or more incompatible polymers are present. Uniform pulverized particulates are produced without addition of a compatibilizing agent. The pulverized particulates are directly melt processable (as powder feedstock) and surprisingly yield a substantially homogeneous light color product.

Research Organization:
ATTIA APPLIED SCIENCES INC
DOE Contract Number:
FG51-92R020214
Assignee:
Material Sciences Corporation (Elk Grove Village, IL)
Patent Number(s):
US 6849215
Application Number:
10/277980
OSTI ID:
879850
Country of Publication:
United States
Language:
English