Research on the physical modification of PMMA-PO waste

Izabela GAJLEWICZ – Institute for Engineering of Polymer Materials and Dyes, Branch Department of Paints and Plastics in Gliwice

Please cited as: CHEMIK 2010, 64, 4, 268-273

The aim of the paper was to work out a recycling method for a mix of poly(methyl methacrylate) (PMMA) and polyolefines (PO) ? polyethylene (PE) or polypropylene (PP). A physical modification of after-utility PMMA/ PO waste mixes has been carried out. In order to obtain a usable material with good physical-mechanical properties, optimally selected compatibilizers have been added to the mix of after-utility PMMA/PO polymer
waste. Next, examinations were performed of the physical and mechanical properties of the obtained waste polymer mixes in ternary systems of poly(methyl methacrylate)/polyolefin/compatibilizer.

Keywords: waste, poly(methylmetacrylate), modification