Kinetic study of the thermal and thermo-oxidative degradations of polylactide-modified films for food packaging

Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry

Volumn 112, Issue 3, 2013, Pages 1171-1177

  Blanco, I ^a   Siracusa, V ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF CATANIA   (Italy)

Author keywords

Activation energy of degradation; Initial decomposition temperature; Polylactide; Thermogravimetric analysis

Indexed keywords

ACTIVATION ENERGY OF DEGRADATIONS; APPARENT ACTIVATION ENERGY; DIFFERENT TREATMENTS; INITIAL DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURES; POLY LACTIDE; SUPERFICIAL TREATMENTS; THERMAL AND THERMO-OXIDATIVE DEGRADATION; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC CURVE;

ACTIVATION ENERGY; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS;

POLYESTERS;

EID: 84878717237     PISSN: 13886150     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10973-012-2535-8     Document Type: Article

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