A new way for chemical degradation of plastic by natural volatile constituents of Ledum palustre

Chinese Science Bulletin

Volumn 48, Issue 16, 2003, Pages 1718-1721

  Xiu, Zhilong ^a   Zhu, Xiuling ^a   Zhang, Daijia ^a   Yin, Jianzhong ^a   Wang, Dehe ^a   An, Lijia ^a  

^a DALIAN UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (China)

Author keywords

Degradation of plastics; Ledum palustre; Natural volatile constituents; Polypropylene; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

RHODODENDRON; RHODODENDRON TOMENTOSUM;

EID: 33749853984     PISSN: 10016538     EISSN: 18619541     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1360/02wb0166     Document Type: Article

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