Validation of an Automated Multiunit Composting System

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 22, Issue 1, 2014, Pages 9-16

  Dagnon, Kofi ^a   Pickens, Mark ^a   Vaidyanathan, Vijay ^a   D'Souza, Nandika ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NORTH TEXAS   (United States)

Author keywords

Automated system; Biodegradation; Polymers

Indexed keywords

AMERICAN SOCIETY FOR TESTING AND MATERIALS; AUTOMATED SYSTEMS; BIODEGRADABLE PACKAGING; BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; BIODEGRADATION STUDIES; COMPOSTING ENVIRONMENT; ENVIRONMENTAL SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; MICRO-CRYSTALLINE CELLULOSE;

AUTOMATION; BIODEGRADATION; CARBON; COMPOSTING; CRYSTALLINE MATERIALS; EXPERIMENTS; MATERIALS TESTING; MICROBIOLOGY; MINERALOGY; POLYMERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WASTE TREATMENT;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; COMPOSTING; MINERALIZATION; PACKAGING WASTE; PLASTIC WASTE; POLYMER;

EID: 84893800979     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-013-0596-9     Document Type: Article

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