Evaluation of the biodegradability of polyvinyl alcohol/starch blends: A methodological comparison of environmentally friendly materials

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 17, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 71-82

  Chai, Wan Lan ^a   Chow, Jing Dong ^a   Chen, Chien Chung ^b   Chuang, Fu Sheng ^a   Lu, Wei Chuan ^a  

^a VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Polyvinyl alcohol; Starch

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; CORN STARCH; DECOMPOSITION BEHAVIORS; DEGRADABILITY; ENVIRONMENTAL FRIENDLY MATERIALS; ENVIRONMENTALLY-FRIENDLY; ENZYMATIC DEGRADATION; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; FRACTURED SURFACES; KINETIC MODELS; KINETICS MODELS; MECHANICAL AND THERMAL PROPERTIES; METHODOLOGICAL COMPARISON; MODIFIED STARCHES; NATIONAL STANDARD; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SODIUM TRIMETAPHOSPHATES; STARCH CONTENTS; SURFACE ROUGHNESS AND MORPHOLOGY; TEST SAMPLES; WATER UPTAKE; WEIGHT LOSS;

ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIODEGRADATION; DEGRADATION; LAWS AND LEGISLATION; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; STARCH; SURFACE ROUGHNESS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; WATER ABSORPTION;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

ABSORPTION; ALCOHOL; ATOMIC FORCE MICROSCOPY; BIODEGRADATION; DECOMPOSITION; ENZYME; PHOSPHATE; POLYMER; REACTION KINETICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SODIUM; STARCH; TEMPERATURE EFFECT;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 73349126100     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-009-0123-1     Document Type: Article

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