Recovery of L-lactic acid from poly(L-lactic acid) under hydrothermal conditions of dilute aqueous sodium hydroxide solution

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 49, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 1247-1251

  Yagihashi, Masaru ^a   Funazukuri, Toshitaka ^a  

^a CHUO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

D-LACTIC ACID; DEGRADATION REACTION; HYDROTHERMAL CONDITIONS; INDUCTION TIME; L-LACTIC ACID; NAOH CONCENTRATION; NAOH SOLUTIONS; ORDER REACTIONS; OVERALL REACTIONS; PELLET SURFACES; PLLA; POLY L LACTIC ACID; POLYMER SURFACES; SODIUM HYDROXIDE SOLUTIONS;

BATCH REACTORS; BODY FLUIDS; DEGRADATION; DISSOLUTION; LACTIC ACID; ORE PELLETS; ORGANIC ACIDS; PELLETIZING; SODIUM;

REACTION RATES;

EID: 76049127168     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie9008925     Document Type: Conference Paper

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