Independent technical handbook · cited ranges, not a plant guarantee
Updated 27 Sep 2026
Pyrolysis Yield mark: three yield bars in a steel ring

Pyrolysis Yield

Machines · temperatures · materials · percent splits

Module train Drag a step into the line
one temperature per module

Drag and drop

Build the plant one module at a time

The menu on the left is the set of steps. Drag one into the line, or tap it to add it at the end. Drag the handle on a step to change the order. Plastics crack. The oil is what you distil. Nickel and cobalt stay solid.

Bands, not a column design. Water 100 °C. DMC about 90 °C, EMC about 107 °C, EC about 248 °C. PVC releases HCl from about 250 °C. Naphtha to about 180 °C, diesel about 180–360 °C. PE and PP crack around 450–550 °C. PVDF about 420–540 °C. Carbothermal NMC 550–630 °C. Aluminium melts at 660 °C. Cadmium boils at 767 °C. Chrysotile cement 900–1100 °C. See temperatures and sources.