Degradation of abiotically aged LDPE films containing pro-oxidant by bacterial consortium

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 93, Issue 10, 2008, Pages 1917-1922

  Roy, P K ^a   Titus, S ^b   Surekha, P ^a   Tulsi, E ^b   Deshmukh, C ^b   Rajagopal, C ^a  

^a Ministry of Defence   (India)

^b NAVAL MATERIALS RESEARCH LABORATORY   (India)

Author keywords

Degradation; Photo oxidation; Polyethylene; Pro oxidant

Indexed keywords

ARSENIC COMPOUNDS; ASTROPHYSICS; BIOCHEMISTRY; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; COBALT; DEGRADATION; HYDROCARBONS; LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDANTS; SULFATE MINERALS; SURFACE CHEMISTRY; SURFACE TENSION; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; TRANSITION METALS;

BACILLUS CEREUS; BACILLUS PUMILUS; BACTERIAL CONSORTIUM; BACTERIAL COUNTS; BACTERIAL STRAINS; BASAL SALT MEDIUM; BIOFILM FORMATIONS; CARBONYL INDICES; CELL-FREE; COBALT STEARATE; EXTRACELLULAR; FIXED CARBON; INITIAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; LDPE FILMS; LOW-DENSITY POLYETHYLENE; LOW-MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MASS LOSSES; MICROBIAL STRAINS; OXYGENATED COMPOUNDS; OXYGENATED PRODUCTS; PHOTO-OXIDATION; POLYETHYLENE; POLYMERIC CHAINS; PRO-OXIDANT; SPECTROSCOPIC INVESTIGATIONS; SURFACE-ACTIVE MOLECULES; THERMAL PROPERTIES;

BACTERIOLOGY;

EID: 52249110646     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2008.07.016     Document Type: Article

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