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Patent No.:
Date of Patent:
Nov. 19, 1996
Filed:
Jan. 22, 1996
Applicant:
Inventors:
William J Gamble, Rochester, NY (US);
Andrius A Naujokas, Webster, NY (US);
Assignee:
Eastman Kodak Company, Rochester, NY (US);
Attorney:
Primary Examiner:
Int. Cl.
CPC ...
C07C / ;
U.S. Cl.
CPC ...
560 78 ; 562483 ; 562485 ; 568854 ; 521 485 ; 528481 ; 528496 ;
Abstract
There is described a process for the depolymerization of polyethylene terephthalate into component monomers using a reactor in which the polyethylene terephthalate is a discontinuous phase which contacts a continuous phase of superheated methanol vapor.