Characterizing the effects of ambient aging on the mechanical and physical properties of two commercially available bacterial thermoplastics

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 97, Issue 10, 2012, Pages 1922-1929

  Srubar, W V ^a   Wright, Z C ^a   Tsui, A ^a   Michel, A T ^a   Billington, S L ^a   Frank, C W ^a  

^a Stanford University   (United States)

Author keywords

Ambient aging; Differential scanning calorimetry; Gas chromatography; Gel permeation chromatography; Mechanical properties; Polyhydroxyalkanoates

Indexed keywords

3-HYDROXYVALERATE; BIO-POLYESTERS; CRYSTALLINE MATRICES; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; HETEROGENEOUS MIXTURES; MECHANICAL AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TENSILE TESTS; MELT EXTRUSION; MELTING PEAK; MULTIPLE MELTING; NON-CRYSTALLINE PHASE; PHYSICAL AGING; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLY-3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE; POLYHYDROXYALKANOATES; POLYMER MOLECULAR WEIGHT; ULTIMATE STRAIN; ULTIMATE TENSILE STRENGTH;

BIOPOLYMERS; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; ELASTIC MODULI; EMBRITTLEMENT; GAS CHROMATOGRAPHY; GEL PERMEATION CHROMATOGRAPHY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELT SPINNING; MELTING; ORGANIC POLYMERS; TENSILE TESTING;

GLASS TRANSITION;

EID: 84865622087     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2012.04.011     Document Type: Conference Paper

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