Oxo-biodegradable full carbon backbone polymers - biodegradation behaviour of thermally oxidized polyethylene in an aqueous medium

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 92, Issue 7, 2007, Pages 1378-1383

  Chiellini, Emo ^a   Corti, Andrea ^a   D'Antone, Salvatore ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Alkane biodegradation; Oxo biodegradation; River water; Thermally degradable LDPE

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; SOILS; THERMOOXIDATION; WATER;

ALKANE BIODEGRADATION; PROOXIDANT ADDITIVES; RESPIROMETERS;

POLYETHYLENES;

EID: 34250886839     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2007.03.007     Document Type: Article

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