Degradation and Stabilisation of Aromatic Polyesters

Update on Degradation and Stabilisation of Aromatic Polyesters provides a comprehensive survey of the degradation and stabilisation processes specific to aromatic polyesters, including thermal, thermo-oxidative, chemical, light and radiation degradation and stabilisation.

Current knowledge of all these aspects is discussed and analysed, and some suggestions made as to further studies which might advance the subject. Materials covered include well-known polyesters such as poly(ethylene terephthalate) and poly (butylene terephthalate), less well-known poly (alkylene naphthalate) and liquid crystalline polyesters, and `new` substances such as poly(trimethyleneterephthalate).

The various means of chemically recycling aromatic polyesters into their starting materials and/or other useful chemical feedstock, including current research into improvements in chemistry and economics of such processes, and information on commercial enterprises carrying out such recycling is also covered.