Accelerated ageing of polylactide in aqueous environments: Comparative study between distilled water and seawater

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 108, Issue , 2014, Pages 319-329

  Deroiné, Morgan ^a   Le Duigou, Antoine ^a   Corre, Yves Marie ^a   Le Gac, Pierre Yves ^b   Davies, Peter ^b   César, Guy ^a   Bruzaud, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Accelerated ageing; Degradation; Hydrothermal ageing; PLA

Indexed keywords

DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; KINETICS; MARINE BIOLOGY; POLYESTERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TENSILE TESTING;

AQUEOUS ENVIRONMENT; COMPARATIVE STUDIES; DEGRADATION KINETICS; DEGRADATION MECHANISM; ENVIRONMENTAL PROBLEMS; LIFETIME PREDICTION; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; STERIC EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY;

SEAWATER EFFECTS;

EID: 84893163469     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2014.01.020     Document Type: Article

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