Laser & Infrared, Volume. 54, Issue 5, 663(2024)

Progress in the application of near infrared spectroscopy detection technology in plastic sorting

CHEN Chen1, WANG Xiang-jun1、*, HUANG Jin-fei2, LI Jun1, WANG Yang1, and XIONG Lu-lu3
Author Affiliations
  • 1Shanghai University of Engineering Science, Shanghai 201620, China
  • 2Zhejiang Light Industrial Products Inspection and Research Institure, Hangzhou 310013, China
  • 3Shanghai Dajue Packaging Products Co., Ltd., Shanghai 201700, China
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    Received: Nov. 7, 2023

    Accepted: May. 21, 2025

    Published Online: May. 21, 2025

    The Author Email: WANG Xiang-jun (wxiangjun0223@163.com)

    DOI:10.3969/j.issn.1001-5078.2024.05.001

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