ORNL’s organocatalyst deconstructs mixed plastics (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

ORNL’s organocatalyst deconstructs mixed plastics

Caption

ORNL’s organocatalyst deconstructs mixed plastics at different temperatures, which facilitates recovering their individual monomers separately, in reusable form.

Credit

Jill Hemman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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