Assessment of the Whole Environmental Degradation of Oxo-Biodegradable Linear Low Density Polyethylene (LLDPE) Films Designed for Mulching Applications

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 4, 2012, Pages 1007-1018

  Corti, Andrea ^a   Sudhakar, Muniyasami ^a   Chiellini, Emo ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Films; LLDPE oxo biodegradation; Pro degradant; Soil biodegradation

Indexed keywords

ABIOTIC OXIDATIONS; AQUEOUS MEDIA; AQUEOUS MEDIUM; AXENIC CULTURE; BIODEGRADATION TEST; CARBONYL INDEX; CHRYSOSPORIUM; CRYSTALLINITIES; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; ENVIRONMENTAL COMPARTMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; EXTRACTABILITY; FREE RADICAL CHAIN REACTION; HYDROPEROXIDES; MEDITERRANEAN REGION; METABOLIZATION; MINERALIZATION PROCESS; NATURAL SUNLIGHT; ORGANIC MATERIALS; OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM; POLYMER BULK; PRO-DEGRADANT; RADICAL CASCADE REACTIONS; SOIL BIODEGRADATIONS; SOIL MEDIUM; SUNLIGHT EXPOSURE; SYNERGISTIC EFFECT; TIME INTERVAL; WHITE ROT FUNGI;

ADDITIVES; FILMS; FREE RADICALS; LINEAR LOW DENSITY POLYETHYLENES; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDATION; SOILS; THERMOANALYSIS;

BIODEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL ASSESSMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL DEGRADATION; ENVIRONMENTAL FATE; MINERALIZATION; MULCHING; OXIDATION; PLASTIC; SOIL BIOTA; SOIL DEGRADATION; SOIL MICROORGANISM;

CHRYSOSPORIUM; FUNGI; PHANEROCHAETE; PHANEROCHAETE CHRYSOSPORIUM;

EID: 84871282294     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-012-0493-7     Document Type: Article

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