Correlations of the antioxidant properties of softwood kraft lignin fractions with the thermal stability of its blends with polyethylene

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

Volumn 3, Issue 2, 2015, Pages 349-356

  Sadeghifar, Hasan ^a,b   Argyropoulos, Dimitris S ^a,c  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b ISLAMIC AZAD UNIVERSITY   (Iran)

^c KING ABDULAZIZ UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

Antioxidant; DSC; Fractionation; Fractions; Lignin; Lignin antioxidant; Lignin polyethylene blends; Methylation; OITtemp; Oxidation; Oxidative induction temperature; Phenolic hydroxyl; Polyethylene; Softwood kraft; Thermal stability

Indexed keywords

ACETONE; ALKYLATION; ANTIOXIDANTS; FRACTIONATION; METHYLATION; OXIDATION; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER BLENDS; PROCESSING; SOFTWOODS; STABILITY; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY;

FRACTIONS; INDUCTION TEMPERATURES; OITTEMP; PHENOLIC HYDROXYL; POLYETHYLENE BLENDS; SOFTWOOD KRAFT;

LIGNIN;

ANTIOXIDANTS; LIGNINS; OXIDATION; POLYETHYLENE; SOFTWOOD PULPS; THERMAL STABILITY;

EID: 84961288566     PISSN: None     EISSN: 21680485     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/sc500756n     Document Type: Article

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