| Budget Amount *help |
¥5,200,000 (Direct Cost: ¥4,000,000、Indirect Cost: ¥1,200,000)
Fiscal Year 2013: ¥1,430,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,100,000、Indirect Cost: ¥330,000)
Fiscal Year 2012: ¥1,820,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,400,000、Indirect Cost: ¥420,000)
Fiscal Year 2011: ¥1,950,000 (Direct Cost: ¥1,500,000、Indirect Cost: ¥450,000)
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| Research Abstract |
The purpose of this research was the debromination of high-impact polystyrene (HIPS) flame retarded with decabromodiphenylethane in NaOH/ethylene glycol solution.
Using a ball-mill at the most efficient reaction conditions, 190 degree celsius for 24 h at a NaOH concentration of 0.5 M, resulted in a reduction of the bromine content to 0.02% (200 mg/kg) in the residual HIPS. Although without ball-milling only about the half of the debromination was achieved, the reaction proceeded in both cases by diffusion with an activation energy of about 200 kJ/mol. Even though the most of the flame retardant remained in the HIPS causing cross-linking after debromination, phenols were observed as degradation products of the flame retardant.
The debrominated HIPS showed high thermal stability and might be reused by mechanical recycling.
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