Laboratory composting of extruded starch acetate and poly lactic acid blended foams

Bioresource Technology

Volumn 98, Issue 16, 2007, Pages 3176-3179

  Ganjyal, G M ^a   Weber, R ^a   Hanna, M A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Composting; Extruded foams; Poly lactic acid; Starch acetate

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSTING; FOAMS;

EXTRUDED FOAMS; POLY LACTIC ACID; STARCH ACETATE;

STARCH;

ACETIC ACID; AMYLOSE; CARBON DIOXIDE; POLYLACTIC ACID; STARCH;

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSTING; FOAMS; STARCH;

ACETATE; ACID; CARBON DIOXIDE; COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; FOAM; LABORATORY METHOD; STARCH;

ANALYTIC METHOD; ARTICLE; COMPARATIVE STUDY; COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; EXHAUST GAS; FOAM; MEASUREMENT; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SOLID WASTE;

BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; CARBON DIOXIDE; LACTIC ACID; POLYMERS; SOIL; STARCH;

EID: 34247112471     PISSN: 09608524     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.biortech.2006.10.030     Document Type: Article

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