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The Performance And Modification Of Recycled Electronic Waste Plastics For The Improvement Of Asphalt Pavement Materials, Baron W. Colbert
The Performance And Modification Of Recycled Electronic Waste Plastics For The Improvement Of Asphalt Pavement Materials, Baron W. Colbert
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Bulk electric waste plastics were recycled and reduced in size into plastic chips before pulverization or cryogenic grinding into powders. Two major types of electronic waste plastics were used in this investigation: acrylonitrile butadiene styrene (ABS) and high impact polystyrene (HIPS). This research investigation utilized two approaches for incorporating electronic waste plastics into asphalt pavement materials. The first approach was blending and integrating recycled and processed electronic waste powders directly into asphalt mixtures and binders; and the second approach was to chemically treat recycled and processed electronic waste powders with hydro-peroxide before blending into asphalt mixtures and binders. The chemical …