Biodegradability and biodegradation rate of poly(caprolactone)-starch blend and poly(butylene succinate) biodegradable polymer under aerobic and anaerobic environment

Waste Management

Volumn 31, Issue 3, 2011, Pages 475-480

  Cho, H S ^a   Moon, H S ^a   Kim, M ^a,b   Nam, K ^a   Kim, J Y ^a  

^a Seoul National University   (South Korea)

^b University of California Davis   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AEROBIC AND ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; AEROBIC CONDITION; ANAEROBIC BACTERIUM; ANAEROBIC CONDITIONS; ANAEROBIC ENVIRONMENT; BIODEGRADATION RATE; POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE); REFERENCE MATERIAL; SEM IMAGE; STARCH BLENDS;

BACTERIA; BIODEGRADATION; BUTENES; DEGRADATION; MICROBIOLOGY; STARCH;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

CARBON DIOXIDE; CELLULOSE; METHANE; POLY(BUTYLENE SUCCINATE); POLYCAPROLACTONE; POLYMER; STARCH; UNCLASSIFIED DRUG;

ANOXIC CONDITIONS; BIODEGRADATION; LANDFILL; MICROORGANISM; OXIC CONDITIONS; POLYMER; WASTE DISPOSAL;

AEROBIC METABOLISM; ANAEROBIC METABOLISM; ARTICLE; BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; CONTROLLED STUDY; LANDFILL; OXYGEN CONSUMPTION; PRIORITY JOURNAL; WASTE DISPOSAL; WASTE MINIMIZATION;

AEROBIOSIS; ANAEROBIOSIS; BIODEGRADATION, ENVIRONMENTAL; BIOREACTORS; BUTYLENE GLYCOLS; METHANE; MICROSCOPY, ELECTRON, SCANNING; POLYESTERS; POLYMERS; STARCH; TIME FACTORS;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS);

EID: 79151472024     PISSN: 0956053X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.wasman.2010.10.029     Document Type: Article

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