Environmental Effects, Biodegradation, and Life Cycle Analysis of Fully Biodegradable "Green" Composites

Polymer Composites, Biocomposites

Volumn 3, Issue , 2013, Pages 515-568

  Nair, Ajalesh Balachandran ^b   Sivasubramanian, Palanisamy ^c   Balakrishnan, Preetha ^d   Kumar, Kurungattu Arjunan Nair Ajith ^d   Sreekala, Meyyarappallil Sadasivan ^a  

^a Sree Sankara College   (India)

^b Department of Physics   (India)

^c MAHATMA GANDHI UNIVERSITY   (India)

^d Sree Sankara College   (India)

Author keywords

Biodegradation; Cellulose; Composting; Environmental impacts; Green composite; Natural fibers

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; BIODEGRADATION; BUILDING MATERIALS; CELLULOSE; COMPOSTING; CONSUMER PRODUCTS; ENVIRONMENTAL IMPACT; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYVINYL ACETATES; ROOFS;

BIO-BASED COMPOSITES; BIODEGRADABLE RESINS; GREEN COMPOSITES; LIFE CYCLE ANALYSIS; NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES; POLY (VINYL ALCOHOL) (PVA); POLY GLYCOLIC ACID; STRUCTURAL SECTIONS;

LIFE CYCLE;

EID: 84960248873     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9783527674220.ch15     Document Type: Chapter

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