Carbon nanotube production from waste low density polyethylene

In this thesis, the hypothesis that the plastic wastes produced in our country in high amounts are transformed into products and that this product is a nanotechnological product is focused on. In the first step of the thesis, LDPE wastes were pyrolyzed and then carbon nanotube production was carried out by chemical vapor deposition (CVD) method. Pyrolysis process; three different heating rates (5-10-20°C/min) and three different temperatures (400-600-800°C), without additives and in the presence of three different additives, zeolite, waste clay and waste sludge, optimum solid, liquid and gas product yields were determined. It was tried to produce carbon nanotube from the pyrolysis gas product obtained under determined optimum conditions (600°C temperature, 20°C/min heating rate) at 600-800 ° C by CVD method and catalyzed by Fe (iron) and Ni (nickel).