Novel evaluation method of biodegradabilities for oil-based polycaprolactone by naturally occurring radiocarbon-14 concentration using accelerator mass spectrometry based on ISO 14855-2 in controlled compost

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1279-1288

  Kunioka, Masao ^a   Ninomiya, Fumi ^a   Funabashi, Masahiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL INSTITUTE OF ADVANCED INDUSTRIAL SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY AIST   (Japan)

Author keywords

Accelerated mass spectrometry; Biodegradation; Controlled compost; ISO evaluation method; Polycaprolactone; Radiocarbon 14

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CONCENTRATION (PROCESS); GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MICROBIOLOGY; THERMAL EFFECTS;

ACCELERATOR MASS SPECTROMETRY; CONTROLLED COMPOST; MICROBIAL OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION ANALYZERS (MODA); RADIOCARBON;

POLYCAPROLACTONE;

EID: 34250836834     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2007.03.028     Document Type: Article

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