Biodegradation of thermally-oxidized, fragmented low-density polyethylenes

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 81, Issue 2, 2003, Pages 341-351

  Chiellini, Emo ^a   Corti, Andrea ^a   Swift, Graham ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b GS Polymer Consultants   (United States)

Author keywords

Alkane biodegradation; Biodegradable polyethylene; Soil burial tests; Thermally degradable polyethylene

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); SOILS; THERMOOXIDATION;

LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENES;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 0038009397     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0141-3910(03)00105-8     Document Type: Article

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