• Resources Recycling
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• v.13 no.3
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• pp.37-42
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• 2004

PVC powder was dehydrochlorinated by hydrothermal reaction at reaction time 0∼5 hr, reaction temperature $200∼250^{\circ}C$ in 0∼2M NaOH solution, and shape and structure of the PVC residue was investigated. The shape of the residue was changed largely according to NaOH concentration. Most of the residue was cohered in the aqueous solution, and many pores less than 10 $\mu\textrm{m}$ were formed on the surface. Dense network structure was well developed inside the residue. On the other hand, the residue in the NaOH solution was not cohered and its shape is roughly spherical. In the IR spectrum of the residue both in water and NaOH solution at $250^{\circ}C$, aromatic rings and absorption peak by C=C double bond were observed. From the results, it was observed that aromatic circle reaction and bridge reaction occured inter and intra molecules.