Thermal, mechanical and morphological characterization of plasticized PLA-PHB blends

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 9, 2012, Pages 1822-1828

  Abdelwahab, Mohamed A ^a,b   Flynn, Allison ^b   Chiou, Bor Sen ^c   Imam, Syed ^c   Orts, William ^c   Chiellini, Emo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b Lapol   (United States)

^c WESTERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

Author keywords

Blend; Mechanical properties; Plasticizer; Poly(3 hydroxybutyrate); Poly(lactic acid); Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION STUDIES; BLEND; BLEND COMPONENTS; DSC CURVES; ELONGATION AT BREAK; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HYDROXYBUTYRATE; MORPHOLOGICAL CHARACTERIZATION; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLY-3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYESTER PLASTICIZERS; POLYLACTIC ACIDS; XRD;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; LACTIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; MICROBIOLOGY; PHASE SEPARATION; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

EID: 84864628182     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.05.036     Document Type: Article

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