Selective degradation of biodegradable blends in simulated laboratory composting

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 120, Issue , 2015, Pages 435-442

  Tabasi, Ramin Yousefzadeh ^a   Ajji, Abdellah ^a  

^a DEPARTMENT OF CHEMICAL ENGINEERING   (Canada)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Compost; FTIR; Poly(butylene adipate co terephthalate); Polyhydroxybutyrate; Polylactide

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; BIOLOGICAL MATERIALS; BLENDING; BUTENES; COMPOSTING; ELASTIC MODULI; ESTERS; MICROBIOLOGY; POLYESTERS; POLYMER BLENDS; SUPERSATURATION;

ATR FT-IR SPECTROSCOPIES; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRA REDS; FTIR; PHASE SEPARATED MORPHOLOGY; POLIES (BUTYLENE ADIPATE CO TEREPHTHALATE); POLY LACTIDE; POLYHYDROXYBUTYRATE; THREE-DIMENSIONAL (3D) NETWORKS;

FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY;

EID: 84942418337     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2015.07.020     Document Type: Article

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