Oxidation and biodegradation of polyethylene films containing pro-oxidant additives: Synergistic effects of sunlight exposure, thermal aging and fungal biodegradation

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 95, Issue 6, 2010, Pages 1106-1114

  Corti, Andrea ^a   Muniyasamy, Sudhakar ^a   Vitali, Manuele ^b   Imam, Syed H ^c   Chiellini, Emo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Ciba Specialty Chemicals SpA   (Italy)

^c WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Films; Fungal biodegradation; Oxo biodegradable; PE; PE LLD; Pro oxidants

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC OXIDATIONS; AGED FILMS; AGING TEMPERATURES; BIODEGRADATION TEST; BIOTIC FACTORS; CARBON BACKBONE; CARBONYL INDEX; CRYSTALLINITIES; DEGRADATION TEMPERATURES; FILM EDGE; FUNGAL CELLS; FUNGAL DEGRADATION; FUNGAL STRAINS; LINEAR LOW DENSITY; MELTING TEMPERATURES; METABOLIC ACTIVITY; OXIDATION RATES; OXIDIZED FILMS; OXO-BIODEGRADABLE; POLYETHYLENE FILM; POLYMER DEGRADATION; PRO-OXIDANTS; PROOXIDANT; SOLE CARBON SOURCE; SUMMER MONTHS; SUNLIGHT EXPOSURE; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT;

CARBON FILMS; DEGRADATION; ETHYLENE; FILM GROWTH; METABOLISM; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION; STRAIN; THERMAL AGING;

BIODEGRADATION;

EID: 77953326987     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2010.02.018     Document Type: Article

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