Abiotic oxidation studies of oxo-biodegradable polyethylene

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 16, Issue 1, 2008, Pages 27-34

  Reddy, M M ^a   Gupta, Rahul K ^a   Gupta, Rakesh K ^b   Bhattacharya, S N ^a   Parthasarathy, R ^a  

^a RMIT UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b West Virginia University   (United States)

Author keywords

Abiotic oxidation; Biodegradation; Nanocomposites; Polyethylene; Thermo oxidation

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC OXIDATION; AIR SUPPLIES; CARBONYL INDICES; DEGRADATION MECHANISMS; ELONGATION AT BREAKS; NANOCLAY; OXIDATION MECHANISMS; OXIDATION RATES; POLYETHYLENE NANOCOMPOSITES; POLYMER CHAINS; THERMO-OXIDATION;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; MICROBIOLOGY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; MOLECULAR WEIGHT DISTRIBUTION; NANOCOMPOSITES; NANOSTRUCTURED MATERIALS; OXIDANTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYETHYLENES; THERMOPLASTICS; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

OXIDATION;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITE; OXIDANT; OXIDATION; SCATTERING; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 58049221268     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-008-0081-z     Document Type: Article

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