Aging assessment of microplastics (LDPE, PET and uPVC) under urban environment stressors

MN Miranda, MJ Sampaio, PB Tavares… - Science of the Total …, 2021 - Elsevier
The changes in the chemical structure, surface morphology and crystallinity are reported for
three different polymers (LDPE, PET and uPVC) in microplastic form, after being artificially …

Composition analysis and characterization of waste polyvinyl chloride (PVC) recovered from data cables

SS Suresh, S Mohanty, SK Nayak - Waste Management, 2017 - Elsevier
Cables and wires are the indispensable parts of electronic equipments for transmission of
both information and electricity. Nowadays, data cables are widely used in the computer …

Coarse-grained molecular dynamics modeling of polyvinyl chloride: solvent interactions, mechanical behavior, and dehydrochlorination effects

FV Olowookere, GD Barbosa, CH Turner - Macromolecules, 2023 - ACS Publications
In this work, we develop and validate coarse-grained (CG) models for simulating the intrinsic
thermophysical properties of polyvinyl chloride (PVC) and dehydrochlorinated PVC …

Polyvinyl chloride (PVC), chlorinated polyethylene (CPE), chlorinated polyvinyl chloride (CPVC), chlorosulfonated polyethylene (CSPE), polychloroprene rubber (CR) …

S Oberoi, M Malik - Ecological and Health Effects of Building Materials, 2022 - Springer
As every coin has two sides, similarly polymers are playing an important role in our daily life
as well as are creating pollution in the environment. Polymers have been part and parcel of …

An integrated off-lattice kinetic Monte Carlo (KMC)-molecular dynamics (MD) framework for modeling polyvinyl chloride dehydrochlorination

FV Olowookere, CH Turner - Chemical Engineering Science, 2025 - Elsevier
In this study, a three-dimensional off-lattice kinetic Monte Carlo-Molecular Dynamics (KMC-
MD) simulation framework [Comp. Mat. Sci. 229, 112421 (2023)] is used to investigate the …

[PDF][PDF] Structural Changes Undergone During Thermal Aging and/or Processing of Unstabilized, Dryblend and Rigid PVC, Investigated by FTIR-ATR and Curve Fitting.

ZH Amar, SF Chabira, M Sebaa… - Annales de Chimie …, 2019 - researchgate.net
Accepted: 17 January 2019 Thermal aging below the glass transition temperature (Tg),
during three months, of Poly (vinyl chloride)(PVC) under its three different aspects, powder …

Response of concrete-filled polyethylene tubes under in-service thermal cycles in marine environments

M Tabatabaeian, A Khaloo, M Azizmohammadi - Marine Structures, 2022 - Elsevier
Concrete-filled polyethylene (PE) tubes (CFPT) are composite systems using the
polyethylene tubes as confinement for the marine structures in the splash zone to extend the …

Design and synthesis of polyvinyl alcohol derived conjugated polyene modified TiO2 for visible-light degradation of chloramphenicol

OS Awofiranye, SJ Modise, EB Naidoo - Journal of Environmental …, 2020 - Elsevier
Visible-light active conjugated polyene modified TiO 2 (CPE-TiO 2) nanocomposite was
prepared by a facile homogenized sol-gel procedure. After synthesis, the materials were …

The impact of the environment of use on the behavior of polychlorinated (vinyl chloride)

F Gugouch, M Elghorba - Environmental Science and Pollution Research, 2024 - Springer
Polymers are omnipresent in our daily life thanks to their low production cost and their ease
of implementation, which makes thermoplastics more usable in supplying drinking water …

Durability and Degradation of PVC-P Roofing Membrane—Example of Dynamic Fatigue Testing

A Ivanič, S Lubej - Polymers, 2022 - mdpi.com
This paper presents a study of PVC-P waterproofing membrane Specimens. The Specimens
were taken from different segments of a flat roof after a service life of 11 years. The reason …