Sabic Global Technologies B.v.

Saudi Basic Industries Corporation

Sabic Innovative Plastics IP B.v.

Philip Wesley Bell

Alexander Stanislaus

Venkata Ramanarayanan Ganapathy Bhotla

Tukaram Gunale

Darshan Jayanna

Ganesh Kannan

Dhaval Shah

Shankar Kollengodu Subramanian

Labeeb Chaudhary Ahmed

Belinda Duckworth

P S Sreenivasan

Osit Karroonnirun

David Zoller

Vic Ignacio Fernandez

Rathinam Jothi Mahalingam

Venkata Ramanarayana Ganapathy Bhotla

A coated fertilizer comprises a fertilizer granule; and a coating disposed on a surface of the fertilizer granule, wherein the coating comprises a poly(lactic acid); a second polymer comprising a poly(butylene succinate), a cellulose triacetate, or a combination comprising at least one of the foregoing; and a sealant. Methods of making the coated fertilizer are also disclosed.

Coated granular fertilizers, methods of manufacture thereof, and uses

The disclosure provides a method for recovering a dihydroxy aromatic compound and a dialkyl carbonate from a polycarbonate-containing composition comprising a polycarbonate and a phosphorus-containing flame retardant. The method comprises heating the composition in the presence of an alcohol and a transesterification catalyst having non-neutralizable groups at a temperature of 70&#xb0; C. to 200&#xb0; C. and a pressure of 50 mbar to 40 bar for a time sufficient to depolymerize the polycarbonate producing a dihydroxy aromatic compound and a dialkyl carbonate.

Manufacture of dihydroxy aromatic compounds by alcoholysis of flame retardant-containing polycarbonate compositions

A method for recovering a dihydroxy aromatic compound and urea from a polycarbonate-containing composition comprising a polycarbonate and a phosphorus-containing flame retardant, comprising contacting the composition with ammonia in the presence of a swelling solvent for a time sufficient to depolymerize the polycarbonate producing a dihydroxy aromatic compound and urea.

Method for direct ammonolysis of polycarbonate-containing materials and products

A method of recycling bis(hydroxyalkyl) terephthalate monomer from a composition comprising a terephthalate-containing polymer includes depolymerizing the terephthalate-containing polymer to provide the bis(hydroxyalkyl) terephthalate; and separating the bis(hydroxyalkyl) terephthalate from the composition comprising the depolymerized terephthalate-containing polymer by continuous multi-column liquid chromatography.

Purification of monomer from recycle polyesters

The disclosure provides a method for alcoholysis of a polycarbonate-containing composition comprising a polycarbonate and a component comprising a phosphorus-containing flame retardant, an acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene, or a combination of the phosphorus-containing flame retardant and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene. The method comprises contacting the composition with a solvent that forms a solution or a filterable suspension of the component but not the polycarbonate; separating the solution or the filterable suspension from the polycarbonate; and heating the polycarbonate in the presence of an alcohol and a catalyst at a temperature from 70&#xb0; C. to 200&#xb0; C., and a pressure from 5 mbar to 40 bar for a time sufficient to depolymerize the polycarbonate and produce a dihydroxy aromatic compound and a dialkyl carbonate.

Method for alcoholysis of polycarbonate compositions containing flame retardant or acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene

A method to produce a purified dihydroxy aromatic compound from a polycarbonate-containing composition is provided. The method includes depolymerizing the polycarbonate by alcoholysis using a titanium-based catalyst producing a dihydroxy aromatic compound and a dialkyl carbonate, recovering the dihydroxy aromatic compound as a crude dihydroxy aromatic compound; and contacting the recovered crude dihydroxyl aromatic compound with an acid in the presence of a solvent at an elevated temperature. Alternatively, the method comprises dissolving the recovered crude dihydroxyl aromatic compound in a solvent; contacting the dissolved crude dihydroxy aromatic compound with a base; and neutralizing the combination of the dissolved crude dihydroxy aromatic compound and the base with an acid.

Manufacture of dihydroxy aromatic compounds by alcoholysis of polycarbonate-containing compositions

The disclosure provides a method for recovering a dihydroxy aromatic compound and a dialkyl carbonate from a polycarbonate-containing composition comprising a polycarbonate and acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene. The method comprises heating the composition in the presence of an alcohol and a transesterification catalyst at a temperature of 70&#xb0; C. to 200&#xb0; C. and a pressure of 50 mbar to 40 bar in a reactor for a time sufficient to depolymerize the polycarbonate producing a dihydroxy aromatic compound and a dialkyl carbonate; removing the dihydroxy aromatic compound and the dialkyl carbonate from the reactor, the acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene remaining as a coating on the surfaces of the reactor; adding a solvent to the reactor; and heating the solvent to remove the acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene from the surfaces of the reactor.

Method for alcoholysis of acrylonitrile-butadiene-styrene-containing polycarbonate compositions

Polycarbonates are recovered from polymer blends by liquid chromatography. Polycarbonate recovered by the process can be reused in new applications. The invention can be extended to recycling of other polymers present in the blends.

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Philip Wesley Bell