• Accelerated hydrolysis method for producing partially degraded polyester microplastic fiber reference materials 

      Sarno, Antonio; Olafsen, Kjell; Kubowicz, Stephan; Karimov, Fuad; Sait, Shannen; Sørensen, Lisbet; Booth, Andy (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2020)
      Microplastic fibers (MPFs) from textiles significantly contribute to the microplastic (MP) load in many environmental matrices and have been shown to negatively impact the organisms therein. Most fate and effect studies ...
    • Determining the PE fraction in recycled PP 

      Larsen, Åge Gellein; Olafsen, Kjell; Alcock, Benjamin (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      The presence of a polyethylene (PE) fraction in recycled polypropylene (PP) will influence the processing as well as mechanical and thermal properties of recycled polypropylene. The objective of this work has been to compare ...
    • Enhanced Impact Strength of Recycled PET/Glass Fiber Composites 

      Monti, Marco; Scrivani, Maria Teresa; Kociolek, Irene; Larsen, Åge G.; Olafsen, Kjell; Lambertini, Vito (Peer reviewed; Journal article, 2021)
      In this paper, we report a study on the effects of different ethylene copolymers in improving the impact strength of a fiber-reinforced composite based on a recycled poly(ethylene terephthalate) (rPET) from post-consumer ...
    • The low temperature crystallization of hydrogenated nitrile butadiene rubber (HNBR) 

      Alcock, Benjamin; Olafsen, Kjell; Huse, Jon; Grytten, Frode (Journal article; Peer reviewed, 2018)
      HNBR was analyzed following low temperature storage (between 0 °C and −50 °C) in order to measure the effects of cold crystallization during exposure close to, and below, the glass transition temperature (Tg). Differential ...