Soil burial of polyethylene-g-(maieic anhydride) compatibilised LLDPE/Soya powder blends

Polymer - Plastics Technology and Engineering

Volumn 50, Issue 8, 2011, Pages 851-861

  Sam, S T ^a   Ismail, H ^a   Ahmad, Z ^a  

^a SCHOOL OF MATERIALS AND MINERAL RESOURCES ENGINEERING   (Malaysia)

Author keywords

Curve fitting; Linear low density polyethylene; Soil burial test; Soya powder

Indexed keywords

CARBONYL INDEX; CELLULOSIC MATERIAL; CRYSTALLINITIES; CURVE FITTING METHODS; DEGRADATION RATE; HAAKE INTERNAL MIXERS; KINETIC CURVES; LINEAR LOW DENSITY; MELT MIXING; POWDER BLENDS; POWDER COMPOSITION; SOIL BURIAL TEST; SOYA POWDER; WEIGHT LOSS;

CURVE FITTING; DEGRADATION; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MALEIC ANHYDRIDE; POLYETHYLENES; TERNARY SYSTEMS; THERMOPLASTICS;

SOILS;

EID: 79958732876     PISSN: 03602559     EISSN: 15256111     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/03602559.2011.551977     Document Type: Article

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