Processing of poly(lactic acid): Characterization of chemical structure, thermal stability and mechanical properties

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 95, Issue 2, 2010, Pages 116-125

  Carrasco, F ^a   Pages P ^b   Gamez Perez J ^b   Santana, O O ^b   Maspoch, M L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF GIRONA   (Spain)

^b UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE CATALUNYA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Crystallinity; Degradation; Extrusion; Injection; Poly(lactic acid); Tensile testing

Indexed keywords

AS ANNEALING; CHAIN SCISSION; CHARACTERISTIC TEMPERATURE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CHEMICAL STRUCTURE; CRYSTALLINITY; CRYSTALLINITY DEGRADATION; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; ELONGATION AT BREAK; FTIR; MECHANICAL BEHAVIOUR; MECHANICAL PROCESSING; METHYL GROUP; MOLECULAR ENVIRONMENT; NMR CHEMICAL SHIFTS; PEAK AREA; POLY(LACTIC ACID); THERMAL DEGRADATIONS; THERMAL STABILITY; YIELD STRENGTH; YOUNG MODULUS;

BODY FLUIDS; CHEMICAL STABILITY; CRYSTAL STRUCTURE; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXTRUSION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HYDROCARBONS; LACTIC ACID; MATERIALS TESTING APPARATUS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; ORGANIC ACIDS; PHOTODEGRADATION; TENSILE TESTING; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 73449084396     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2009.11.045     Document Type: Article

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