Biodegradation of plastic compost bags under controlled soil conditions

Acta Chimica Slovenica

Volumn 51, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 579-588

  Orhan, Yüksel ^a   Hrenović, Jasna ^b   Büyükgüngör, Hanife ^a  

^a ONDOKUZ MAYIS UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ZAGREB   (Croatia)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Compost bags; Polyethylene

Indexed keywords

CARBON DIOXIDE; PLASTIC; POLYETHYLENE;

ARTICLE; BIODEGRADATION; DENSITY; EVALUATION; INFRARED RADIATION; MICROBIAL ACTIVITY; RACEMIC MIXTURE; ROOM TEMPERATURE; SOLID WASTE; TENSILE STRENGTH; WEIGHT REDUCTION;

EID: 6444223094     PISSN: 13180207     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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