Biodegradation Study of Starch-graft-Acrylonitrile Copolymer

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 233-244

  Navarchian, Amir H ^a   Sharafi, Amir ^a,b   Kermanshahi, Roha K ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF ISFAHAN   (Iran)

^b Imam Khomeini Oil Refining Company of Shazand   (Iran)

Author keywords

Aspergillus niger; Biodegradation; Starch graft Acrylonitrile copolymer; Taguchi method

Indexed keywords

ASPERGILLUS; BIODEGRADABILITY; GRAFTING (CHEMICAL); INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STARCH; TAGUCHI METHODS;

ACRYLONITRILE COPOLYMER; ASPERGILLUS NIGER; BIODEGRADATION STUDIES; ENVIRONMENT TEMPERATURE; INOCULUM CONCENTRATIONS; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; TAGUCHI EXPERIMENTAL DESIGN; TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

BIODEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADATION; BIOMASS; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; FUNGUS; INOCULATION; PH; POLYMER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STARCH; WASTEWATER;

ASPERGILLUS NIGER; FUNGI;

EID: 84874018566     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-012-0518-2     Document Type: Article

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