Modification of waste poly(ethylene terephthalate) (PET) by using poly(L-lactic acid) (PLA) and hydrolytic stability

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 45, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 351-359

  Acar, I ^a   Kasgoz A ^a   Ozgumus S ^a   Orbay, M ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hydrolytic degradation; Modified PET; Poly(lactic acid); Waste PET

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSTS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; MODIFICATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

DIBUTIL TIN OXIDE (DBTO); HYDROLYTIC DEGRADATION; POLY(LACTIC ACID);

COPOLYMERS;

BIODEGRADATION; CATALYSTS; COPOLYMERS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROLYSIS; MODIFICATION; ORGANIC POLYMERS; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

MODIFICATION; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATE; POLYLACTIC ACID; STABILITY;

EID: 33645580728     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602550600553267     Document Type: Article

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