Processing Stability and Biodegradation of Polylactic Acid (PLA) Composites Reinforced with Cotton Linters or Maple Hardwood Fibres

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 21, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 54-70

  Way, Cameron ^a,b   Wu, Dong Yang ^c   Cram, Darren ^a   Dean, Katherine ^a   Palombo, Enzo ^b  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

^b SWINBURNE UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Australia)

^c BOEING COMPANY   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Composting; Cotton linters; Maple fibres; Polylactic acid (PLA); Scanning electron microscopy; Thermomechanical properties

Indexed keywords

COMPOSTING; COTTON; CRYSTALLINITY; FIBERS; HARDWOODS; IMPACT STRENGTH; INJECTION MOLDING; POLYESTERS; PROCESSING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

COTTON LINTERS; DAMPING CAPABILITY; NOTCHED IMPACT STRENGTH; POLY LACTIC ACID; PROCESSING STABILITY; RATE OF BIODEGRADATIONS; THERMAL HYDROLYSIS; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

BIODEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSITE; COMPOSTING; COTTON; CRYSTALLINITY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE STRENGTH; THERMOMECHANICS;

ACER; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; COTTON; HARDWOODS; LINTERS; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MICROBIOLOGY; NATURAL FIBERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

ACER; GOSSYPIUM HIRSUTUM;

EID: 84874022746     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-012-0462-1     Document Type: Article

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