Acidolysis graphical abstract (IMAGE)

Aarhus University

Acidolysis graphical abstract

Caption

The graphic shows how the new combination of acidolysis and hydrolysis can recover up to 82 weight percent of the original material from flexible PUR foam – used in mattresses – as two separate fractions of diamines and polyols. The diamine is shown as TDA (toluene diamine).

Credit

Thomas Balle Bech, Aarhus University

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