Closed-loop recycling of a carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer (IMAGE)

DOE/Oak Ridge National Laboratory

Closed-loop recycling of a carbon-fiber-reinforced polymer

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A polymer, functionalized carbon fibers and a crosslinker are mixed and cured. The components can be retrieved by addition of an alcohol, pinacol.

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Philip Gray and Anisur Rahman/ORNL, U.S. Dept. of Energy

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