Natural Degradation and Biodegradation of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate-co-3-Hydroxyvalerate) in Liquid and Solid Marine Environments

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 23, Issue 4, 2015, Pages 493-505

  Deroiné, Morgan ^a,b   César, Guy ^a   Le Duigou, Antoine ^a   Davies, Peter ^b   Bruzaud, Stéphane ^a  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE BRETAGNE SUD   (France)

^b IFREMER   (France)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Degradation; Natural ageing; PHBV; Seawater

Indexed keywords

CARBON; CARBON DIOXIDE; DEGRADATION; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; LIQUIDS; MICROBIOLOGY; MICROORGANISMS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEAWATER;

BIODEGRADATION KINETICS; MARINE MICROORGANISM; NATURAL AGEING; NATURAL DEGRADATION; PHBV; POLY(3-HYDROXYBUTYRATE-CO-3-HYDROXYVALERATE); STERIC EXCLUSION CHROMATOGRAPHY; WEIGHT LOSS MEASUREMENTS;

BIODEGRADATION;

BIODEGRADATION; MARINE ENVIRONMENT; POLYMER; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SEAWATER;

EID: 84946474134     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-015-0736-5     Document Type: Article

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