Thermal degradation behavior of poly(lactic acid) in a blend with polyethylene

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 45, Issue 9, 2006, Pages 2949-2953

  Omura, Masaki ^a,b   Tsukegi, Takayuki ^a,b   Shirai, Yoshihito ^b   Nishida, Haruo ^a   Endo, Takeshi ^a  

^a KINKI UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

^b KYUSHU INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; MONOMERS; POLYETHYLENES; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

CYCLIC MONOMERS; DEGRADATION CATALYSTS; FEEDSTOCK RECYCLING; LINEAR LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE (LLDPE);

ORGANIC ACIDS;

CATALYSIS; COMPUTER SIMULATION; DIFFERENTIAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; MONOMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; POLYETHYLENES; PYROLYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

EID: 33646515770     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie051446x     Document Type: Article

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