Poly(ε-caprolactone)-based 'green' plasticizers for poly(vinyl choride)

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 96, Issue 9, 2011, Pages 1639-1647

  Shi, Guixin ^a   Cooper, David G ^a   Maric, Milan ^a  

^a MCGILL UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

Author keywords

'Green' plasticizer; Biodegradation; DEHP; Poly( caprolactone); PVC

Indexed keywords

'GREEN' PLASTICIZER; BIODEGRADATION RATE; CAPROLACTONE; DEHP; DI(ETHYLHEXYL)PHTHALATE; END GROUPS; ETHER LINKAGES; HIGHER T; LEACHING RESISTANCE; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; NUMBER OF ARMS; OCTANOATE; PCL/PVC BLENDS; RHODOCOCCUS; SOIL MICRO-ORGANISMS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; CHLORINE COMPOUNDS; DEGRADATION; ETHERS; GLASS TRANSITION; LEACHING; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROSTRUCTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SOFTWOODS; SOLVENTS; TOPOLOGY;

POLYVINYL CHLORIDES;

EID: 79961022199     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2011.06.007     Document Type: Article

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