Thermal stability of PCL/PLA blends produced by physical blending process

Procedia Engineering

Volumn 59, Issue , 2013, Pages 292-297

  Patrício, Tatiana ^a   Bártolo, Paulo ^a  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF LEIRIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymers; Blends; Extrusion process; Miscibility; Physical blending process; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

EID: 84891676053     PISSN: 18777058     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: 10.1016/j.proeng.2013.05.124     Document Type: Conference Paper

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