Improvised Centrifugal Spinning for the Production of Polystyrene Microfibers From Waste Expanded Polystyrene Foam and Its Potential Application for Oil Adsorption

• Main Authors: Budlayan, Marco Laurence M, Patricio, Jonathan N, Lagare, Jeanne Phyre B, Arco, Susan D, Alguno, Arnold C, Basilio, Antonio M, Latayada, Felmer S, Capangpangan, Rey Y
• Format: text
• Published: Archīum Ateneo 2021
• Subjects: Expanded polystyrene foam; Polystyrene microfiber; Centrifugal spinning; Oil adsorption; Materials Science and Engineering; Physics
• Online Access: https://archium.ateneo.edu/physics-faculty-pubs/82; https://archium.ateneo.edu/cgi/viewcontent.cgi?article=1080&context=physics-faculty-pubs
• Institution: Ateneo De Manila University

A straightforward approach to recycle waste expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam to produce polystyrene (PS) microfibers using the improvised centrifugal spinning technique is demonstrated in this work. A typical benchtop centrifuge was improvised and used as a centrifugal spinning device. The obtained P...