Instead, the polystyrene breaks down into parts known as monomers, which can then be purified and subsequently reconstituted into virgin polystyrene. Creating one kilogram of the new material ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...

This startling mechanism for promoting depolymerization relies on an additive that many plastics already contain: a pigment called carbon black that gives plastic its black color. Through a process ...

It turns out that the black plastic lid atop your coffee cup has a superpower. And the Stache Lab at Princeton Chemistry, which uncovered it, is ...

Converting a monomer, such as styrene, into a stable emulsion of polymer colloids, such as polystyrene latex, is a delicate process. Precipitation of water-insoluble complexes makes existing batch ...

These include styrene monomer, polystyrene, expanded polystyrene, ABS and SAN plastics, polyester resins, phenol, acetone and phenol formaldehyde resins.In 1996, Huntsman acquired RMAX, Australia’s ...

Researchers have discovered that carbon black in black plastic enables efficient recycling when exposed to focused light. The ...