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. 2024 Jul 3;38(14):12810–12823. doi: 10.1021/acs.energyfuels.4c01819

Table 4. Compounds Identified by GC-MS/MS in the Product Oil from the Supercritical Water Liquefaction of Polypropylene at Conditions of 450 °C and Final Pressure of 33 MPa with a Residence Time of 60 min and Plastic:Water Ratio of 1:4a.

retention time (min) peak area (%) compound concentration (mg g–1 of PP)
2.085 0.99 cyclohexane 11.80
2.197 1.718 2-pentene, 4-methyl- 20.47
2.59 0.878 2-pentene, 2,4-dimethyl- 10.46
3.039 1.392 1,3-dimethylcyclopentane 16.59
3.258 1.538 3-methylhexene 18.33
3.694 1.059 1,1,3-trimethylcyclopentane 12.62
4.057 0.993 3-methyleneheptane 11.83
4.725 4.678 toluene 55.75
5.17 0.775 1,3-dimethylcyclohexane 9.24
5.882 1.31 2,4-dimethylhexane 15.61
6.134 1.246 cyclopentane, 1,1-ethylidene/cyclohexane, 1-ethyl-2-methyl 14.85
6.302 2.477 cyclopentane, 1,1,3,4-tetramethyl 29.52
6.754 1.076 3-ethylhexane 12.82
7.238 9.848 cyclohexane, 1,1,3-trimethyl 117.36
7.506 0.926 cyclohexane, 1-ethyl-1,3-dimethyl 11.03
7.623 2.13 6-methyl-1-octene 25.38
8.396 7.261 cyclohexane, 1,1,4-trimethyl 86.53
8.536 0.806 ethylbenzene 9.60
8.806 0.747 nonene 8.90
9.012 7.444 p-xylene 88.71
9.873 1.291 cyclohexane, 1,1,3,5-tetramethyl 15.38
10.063 0.72 1,2,3-cyclohexane 8.58
10.213 1.022 o-xylene 12.18
10.836 1.12 cyclopentane, 1-methyl-3(2-methyl-1-propenyl) 13.35
14.556 1.157 1-ethyl-3-methylbenzene 13.79
15.13 5.052 benzene, 1,2,3-trimethyl 60.20
16.759 2.738 benzene, 1,2,4-trimethyl 32.63
18.342 0.707 3,5-dimethyloctane 8.43
21.216 0.87 benzene, 4-ethyl-1,2-dimethyl 10.37
21.444 0.71 2,2-dimethyloctene 8.46
21.612 0.78 2-butyl-3-methyl-1-pentene 9.30
total 65.459   780.05
a

Listed are the highest concentration compounds identified in the oil.