Abiotic and biotic degradation of oxo-biodegradable foamed polystyrene

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 94, Issue 12, 2009, Pages 2128-2133

  Ojeda, Telmo ^a   Freitas, Ana ^a   Dalmolin, Emilene ^b   Pizzol, Marcus Dal ^c   Vignol, Leonardo ^c   Melnik, José ^d   Jacques, Rodrigo ^e   Bento, Fátima ^a   Camargo, Flávio ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO GRANDE DO SUL   (Brazil)

^b GSI Agromarau   (Brazil)

^c Innova   (Brazil)

^d SpumaPac Ind Emb   (Brazil)

^e FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SANTA MARIA   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Abiotic and biotic degradation; Accelerated weathering; Oxo biodegradable polystyrene; Pro oxidant additives; Respirometry

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC AND BIOTIC DEGRADATION; ACCELERATED WEATHERING; OXO-BIODEGRADABLE POLYSTYRENE; PRO-OXIDANT ADDITIVES; RESPIROMETRY;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; EROSION; MANGANESE; MANGANESE COMPOUNDS; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALS; OXIDANTS; OXYGEN; PLATES (STRUCTURAL COMPONENTS); POLYOLEFINS; POLYSTYRENES; SILICATE MINERALS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

WEATHERING;

EID: 70449084686     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.09.012     Document Type: Article

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