Sustainability, compostability, and specific microbial activity on agricultural mulch films prepared from poly(lactic acid)

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 52, Issue 50, 2013, Pages 17714-17724

  Jandas, P J ^a   Mohanty, S ^a   Nayak, S K ^a  

^a CENTRAL INSTITUTE OF PLASTICS ENGINEERING AND TECHNOLOGY   (India)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN STANDARD; BLEND COMPOSITION; INDUSTRIAL CONDITIONS; MICROBIAL ACTIVITIES; POLY LACTIC ACID; POLYLACTIC ACIDS; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; REACTIVE COMPATIBILIZERS;

AGRICULTURE; COMPOSTING; LACTIC ACID; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MECHANICAL TESTING; SUSTAINABLE DEVELOPMENT;

FILM PREPARATION;

EID: 84890690947     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: 15205045     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie4023429     Document Type: Article

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