Effective and sustainable depolymerization of Nylon 66 – a transamidation for the complete recycling of polyamides
Robin Coeck, Dirk De Vos
Abstract
The ammonia assisted transamidation of polyamides with short primary amides on a Nb 2 O 5 catalyst as an effective recycling technique.
Topics & Concepts
DepolymerizationPolyamidePrimary (astronomy)CatalysisChemistryAmmoniaAmideNylon 6Organic chemistryPolymer chemistryCombinatorial chemistryPolymerPhysicsAstronomyChemical Synthesis and ReactionsAsymmetric Hydrogenation and CatalysisCarbon dioxide utilization in catalysis