Properly identifying plastic by resin type is a key to profitability for brokers, recyclers and reprocessors of plastic scrap. Some brokers and recyclers can find that misidentified loads of plastic ...

In this video, we explore methods for identifying different types of plastic, focusing on elastomers, thermosetting plastics, and thermoplastics, along with the Resin ID codes (recycling symbols) when ...

Researchers have developed a new hyperspectral Raman imaging lidar system that can remotely detect and identify various types of plastics. This technology could help address the critical issue of ...

Materials veteran Bruce Matt has written a short book that includes what he calls "Old School stuff we did in the old days." The e-book is titled Manual for Identifying Basic Plastics Without a Lab.

Analytik has announced the UK and Ireland availability of the Sentronic handheld NIR analyzer, the SentroID for the fast identification and composition analysis of plastics and polymers. Analytik have ...

This is a preview. Log in through your library . Abstract Specular-reflectance infrared spectroscopy systems can identify the polymer material of an automotive part in about 5 seconds and are ...