Comparison of biodegradation of low-weight hydroentangled raw cotton nonwoven fabric and that of commonly used disposable nonwoven fabrics in aerobic Captina silt loam soil

Textile Research Journal

Volumn 86, Issue 2, 2016, Pages 155-166

  Nam, Sunghyun ^a   Slopek, Ryan ^a   Wolf, Duane ^b   Warnock, Mary ^b   Condon, Brian D ^a   Sawhney, Paul ^a   Gbur, Edward ^b   Reynolds, Michael ^a   Allen, Chuck ^a  

^a SOUTHERN REGIONAL RESEARCH CENTER   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF ARKANSAS   (United States)

Author keywords

biodegradation; first order kinetics; hydroentangled nonwoven; raw cotton; wipes

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADATION; COTTON; DISINTEGRATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; NONWOVEN FABRICS; POLYPROPYLENES; RAYON; SILT; SUPERSATURATION; WASTE DISPOSAL;

ATTENUATED TOTAL REFLECTANCE FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPIES (ATR FTIR); BIODEGRADATION RATE; CELLULOSE STRUCTURES; FIRST ORDER KINETICS; MORPHOLOGICAL CHANGES; NON-WOVEN; RAW COTTON; WIPES;

RAYON FABRICS;

EID: 84955514387     PISSN: 00405175     EISSN: 17467748     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0040517514551468     Document Type: Article

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