Mechanical, chemical and morphological investigations on the degradation of low-density polyethylene films under soil-burial conditions

International Journal of Polymeric Materials and Polymeric Biomaterials

Volumn 59, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 73-86

  Mumtaz, Tabassum ^a   Mannan, Kh M ^b   Khan, M R ^b  

^a INSTITUTE OF FOOD AND RADIATION BIOLOGY   (Bangladesh)

^b UNIVERSITY OF DHAKA   (Bangladesh)

Author keywords

Degradation; LDPE; Soil burial

Indexed keywords

[CARBONYL; AMORPHOUS REGIONS; DIELECTRIC BEHAVIOR; ELASTIC REGION; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; FT-IR SPECTRUM; IR SPECTRUM; LDPE; LDPE FILM; NATURAL CONDITIONS; NATURAL SOILS; POWER FACTORS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE; SOIL BURIAL TEST; SOIL EXPOSURE; TRANSITION PEAKS; XRD;

DEGRADATION; DIELECTRIC LOSSES; DIFFRACTION; ELECTRIC POWER FACTOR; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HOLOGRAPHIC INTERFEROMETRY; PHOTODEGRADATION; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SOILS; THERMOPLASTICS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

SOIL TESTING;

EID: 72649097672     PISSN: 00914037     EISSN: 1563535X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/00914030903192377     Document Type: Article

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