Thermal characterization of the oxo-degradation of polypropylene containing a pro-oxidant/pro-degradant additive

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 98, Issue 11, 2013, Pages 2117-2124

  Contat Rodrigo, L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITAT POLITÈCNICA DE VALÈNCIA   (Spain)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC); Photo oxidation; Polypropylene (PP); Pro oxidant pro degradant additive; Soil biodegradation; Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA)

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; CALORIMETERS; CALORIMETRY; CHARACTERIZATION; DECOMPOSITION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MICROBIOLOGY; OXIDANTS; OXIDATION; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; SOIL TESTING; SOILS; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

BIODEGRADATION IN SOIL; DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; DIFFERENTIAL METHODS; MORPHOLOGICAL PROPERTIES; POLYPROPYLENE MATRICES; PRO-OXIDANTS; SOIL BIODEGRADATIONS; THERMAL CHARACTERIZATION;

POLYPROPYLENES;

EID: 84938202953     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2013.09.011     Document Type: Article

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