Assessing aerobic biodegradability of plastics in aqueous environment by GC-analyzing composition of equilibrium gaseous phase

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 14, Issue 3, 2006, Pages 309-316

  Dřímal, Pavel ^a   Hrnčiřík, Josef ^a   Hoffmann, Jaromír ^a  

^a TOMAS BATA UNIVERSITY IN ZLIN   (Czech Republic)

Author keywords

Aerobic biodegradation; Carbon dioxide balance; Gas chromatography; Plastics

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CARBON DIOXIDE; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; TITRATION;

AEROBIC BIODEGRADATION; EQUILIBRIUM GASEOUS PHASE; LIQUID PHASE;

PLASTICS;

BIODEGRADATION; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; OXIC CONDITIONS; PLASTIC;

EID: 34547672586     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-006-0024-5     Document Type: Article

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