Development of an automatic laboratory-scale respirometric system to measure polymer biodegradability

Polymer Testing

Volumn 25, Issue 8, 2006, Pages 1006-1016

  Kijchavengkul, Thitisilp ^a   Auras, Rafael ^a   Rubino, Maria ^a   Ngouajio, Mathieu ^b   Thomas Fernandez, R ^b  

^a Michigan State University   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Biopolymer; Compostability; Poly(lactide); Respirometric

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ENGINEERING; PLASTIC BOTTLES; POLYETHYLENE TEREPHTHALATES;

COMPOSTABILITY; MINERALIZATION; POLY(LACTIDE); RESPIROMETRIC;

POLYMERS;

EID: 33751091499     PISSN: 01429418     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymertesting.2006.06.008     Document Type: Article

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