Adding value to polystyrene waste by chemically transforming it into sulfonated polystyrene

NMR Analysis of Sulfonated Polystyrene

Atactic polystyrene (PS) has an amorphous structure. Compounds such as H2SO4 and SO3 are commonly used as sulfonating agents for various polymers, including PS. The main purpose of this work is to study chemical structural changes in PS arising from sulfonation through DSC analysis and NMR spectroscopy. An increase in the glass transition temperature (Tg) of sulfonated polystyrene and a decreas...

Protonation of polyaniline with lightly sulfonated polystyrene

Protonation of polyaniline base with lightly sulfonated polystyrene in polar solvents such its dimethyl sulfoxide and N-methyl-2-py~olidone was investigated by UV-Vis absorption spectra. As the molar ratio of sulfonated polystyrenelpolyaniline increases, the conversion from polyaniline base form to salt form is observed owing 10 incrensed protonation. The isosbestic point clearly shows that qui...

Phase Behavior of Sulfonated Polystyrene Systems

INTRODUCTION Polymer blends are of great interest because they provide an economical route to design and produce novel materials that meet the challenging requirements for industrial applications. Recently, a variety of experimental and theoretical work has been conducted as a means for producing materials with improved properties compared to those of its constituents. Some of the findings sugg...

Waste Polyethylene Terephthalate (PETE) And Polystyrene (PS) Into Fuel

Waste plastics are harmful, toxic, and non-biodegradable. Environmental impacts of waste plastics are raised concern about all over the world for safe and friendly environment. Due to dense population and environmental effects of the major city in the world dumping, incineration and land filling are faced difficulties and challenges. At this circumstances vast of waste plastics are remained vul...

Properties and Structures of Sulfonated Syndiotactic Polystyrene Aerogel and Syndiotactic Polystyrene/silica Hybrid Aerogel