An overview of degradable and biodegradable polyolefins

Progress in Polymer Science (Oxford)

Volumn 36, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 1015-1049

  Ammala, Anne ^a   Bateman, Stuart ^a   Dean, Katherine ^a   Petinakis, Eustathios ^a   Sangwan, Parveen ^a   Wong, Susan ^a   Yuan, Qiang ^a   Yu, Long ^a   Patrick, Colin ^b   Leong, K H ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b PETRONAS CARIGALI SDN BHD   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polyolefins; Degradable polyolefins; Oxo biodegradation; Photodegradation; Prodegradants

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COST ENGINEERING; PHOTODEGRADATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; TESTING;

COMMODITY PLASTICS; END-PRODUCTS; ENGINEERING PLASTICS; IMPACT ON THE ENVIRONMENT; NATURAL ENVIRONMENTS; PRODEGRADANTS; SCIENTIFIC LITERATURE; TESTING METHOD;

POLYOLEFINS;

EID: 79955482768     PISSN: 00796700     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.progpolymsci.2010.12.002     Document Type: Review

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