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|Articles|May 5, 2016
Plastic Recycling with NIR Spectroscopy
Author(s)Dieter Bingemann
Single use of plastic products contributes to a dramatic trash problem worldwide. Since the near-infrared spectrum of every polymer is unique, spectroscopy can be used to identify and sort a large variety of plastics with high specificity. This application note demonstrates the principle of plastic sorting using near-infrared spectroscopy.
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