| ▲ | More sustainable epoxy thanks to phosphorus(empa.ch) | |||||||||||||||||||
| 34 points by JeanKage 4 days ago | 10 comments | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | rectang 26 minutes ago | parent | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
There are two recycling mechanisms: > After use, the material can simply be ground into powder and pressed into a new shape while heated, causing the bonds to rearrange themselves. This is known as thermomechanical recycling. > it can also be chemically dissolved I wonder whether either of these opens up any practical durability issues for this variety of epoxy. | ||||||||||||||||||||
| ▲ | rectang an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | ComputerGuru an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
This is a presser (disguised as a science piece) from the company making the product; take it all with a grain of salt. Also, epoxy already contains harmful endocrine disruptors, adding forever chemicals like those found in almost all flame retardants is just adding fuel to the fire (pun not intended). | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | HardCodedBias an hour ago | parent | prev | next [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
when I hear of industrial uses of phosphorus my ears prick up since phosphorus is a key limiting factor for life. A world where this actually became industrially very successful combined with a lack of recycling could potentially add large new sink for phosphorus. In general, be careful when creating a process which locks meaningful amount of phosphorus out of the biosphere. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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| ▲ | pfdietz 2 hours ago | parent | prev [-] | |||||||||||||||||||
This looks like recycling fetishism. It's perfectly fine to burn such materials, if they were obtained from non-fossil sources to start with, so there would be no net CO2 addition to the atmosphere. | ||||||||||||||||||||
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