Pyrolysis kinetics of poly(L-lactide) with carboxyl and calcium salt end structures

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 79, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 547-562

  Fan, Yujiang ^a,b   Nishida, Haruo ^a   Hoshihara, Shinya ^a   Shirai, Yoshihito ^b   Tokiwa, Yutaka ^c   Endo, Takeshi ^a,d  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^c NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

^d YAMAGATA UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Depolymerization; Kinetics; Poly(L lactic acid); Poly(L lactide); Pyrolysis; Random degradation; Simulation; Thermal degradation; Thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DEPOLYMERIZATION; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

RANDOM DEGRADATION;

ORGANIC POLYMERS;

EID: 0037235752     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(02)00374-9     Document Type: Article

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