Degradable polymers, recycling, and plastics waste management
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| Other Authors | , |
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| Format | Electronic eBook |
| Language | English |
| Published |
New York, N.Y. :
M. Dekker,
©1995.
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| Series | Plastics engineering (Marcel Dekker, Inc.) ;
29. |
| Subjects | |
| Online Access | Full text |
| ISBN | 0585400016 9780585400013 9780429073731 0429073739 0824796683 9780824796686 |
| Physical Description | 1 online resource (xv, 317 pages) : illustrations. |
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Table of Contents:
- Polymer Waste Management
- Biodegradation, Incineration, and Recycling / Samuel J. Huang
- Degradation Products in Degradable Polymers / Sigbritt Karlsson and Ann-Christine Albertsson
- Recycling BIOPOL
- Composting and Material Recycling / M. K. Cox
- Laboratory-Scale Composting Test Methods to Determine Polymer Biodegradability: Model Studies on Cellulose Acetate / Richard A. Gross, Ji-Dong Gu, David Eberiel and Stephen P. McCarthy
- Applications and Environmental Aspects of Chitin and Chitosan / Martin G. Peter
- Opportunities for Environmentally Degradable Polymers / Graham Swift
- Use of Biosynthetic, Biodegradable Thermoplastics and Elastomers from Renewable Resources: The Pros and Cons / Alexander Steinbuchel
- Biodegradation of Polymers at Temperatures Up to [actual symbol not reproducible] / G. Antranikian, A. Rudiger, F. Canganella, M. Klingeberg and A. Sunna
- Blends of Bacterial Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) with Cellulose Acetate Butyrate in Activated Sludge / Gianpaolo Tomasi and Mariastella Scandola
- Biodegradation of Cellulose Esters: Composting of Cellulose Ester-Diluent Mixtures / Charles M. Buchanan, Debra D. Dorschel, Robert M. Gardner, Ron J. Komarek and Alan W. White
- Source and Maintenance of Microorganisms Used for Testing Plastics / Joan Kelley
- A Comparative Study of the Degradability and Recyclability of Different Classes of Degradable Polyethylene / S. Al-Malaika, S. Chohan, M. Coker, G. Scott, R. Arnaud, P. Dabin, A. Fauve and J. Lemaire
- Can Polyethylene Be a Photo(bio)degradable Synthetic Polymer? / Jacques Lemaire, Rene Arnaud, Philippe Dabin, Gerald Scott, Sahar Al-Malaika, Sukhinder Chohan, Annie Fauve and Abderrazek Maaroufi
- Biodegradable Polyurethanes from Plant Components / Hyoe Hatakeyama, Shigeo Hirose, Tatsuko Hatakeyama, Kunio Nakamura, Ken Kobashigawa and Noriyuki Morohoshi
- Starch Properties, Modifications, and Applications / J. Jane
- Molecular Weight of Poly(3-Hydroxybutyrate) During Biological Polymerization in Alcaligenes eutrophus / Fumitake Koizumi, Hideki Abe and Yoshiharu Doi
- Biodegradable Blends of Cellulose Acetate and Starch: Production and Properties / Jean M. Mayer, Glenn R. Elion, Charles M. Buchanan, Barbara K. Sullivan, Sheldon D. Pratt and David L. Kaplan
- Present and Future of PLA Polymers / M. Vert, G. Schwarch and J. Coudane
- Synthesis of Potentially Biodegradable Polymers / Zbigniew Jedlinski, Piotr Kurcok and Robert W. Lenz
- Aerobic Biodegradation of Synthetic and Natural Polymeric Materials: A Component of Integrated Solid-Waste Management / C. A. Pettigrew, G. A. Rece, M. C. Smith and L. W. King
- Synthesis and Applications of Photodegradable Poly(Ethylene Terephthalate) / J. E. Guillet, H. X. Huber and J. A. Scott
- Proposed Mechanism for Microbial Degradation of Polyacrylate / Fusako Kawai
- Compostable Films of Mater-Bi Z Grades / C. Bastioli, F. Degli Innocenti, I. Guanella and G. Romano
- Biodegradation of Poly-D,L-Lactic Acid Polyurethanes / S. Owen, M. Masaoka, R. Kawamura and N. Sakota
- Biodegradation of Polyester Copolymers Containing Aromatic Compounds / U. Witt, R.-J. Muller and W.-D. Deckwer
- Properties and Polymerization of Biodegradable Thermoplastic Poly(Ester-Urethane) / Mika Harkonen, Kari Hiltunen, Minna Malin and Jukka V. Seppala
- Biodegradation of Starch-Based Materials / Minna Vikman, Merja Itavaara and Kaisa Poutanen
- Biodegradation of Polycaprolactone by Microorganisms from an Industrial Compost of Household Refuse. Part II / F. Lefebvre, A. Daro and C. David
- Degradability of Poly([beta]-Hydroxybutyrate)s. Correlation with Chemical Microstructure / Piotr Kurcok, Marek Kowalczuk, Grazyna Adamus, Zbigniew Jedlinski and Robert W. Lenz
- Effect of Degradation on the Mechanical Properties of Multiphase Polymer Blends: PHBV/PLLA / S. Iannace, L. Ambrosio, S. J. Huang and L. Nicolais
- Enzymatic Degradability of Poly([beta]-Hydroxybutyrate) as a Function of Tacticity / Philippa J. Hocking, Mark R. Timmins, Thomas M. Scherer, R. Clinton Fuller, Robert W. Lenz and Robert H. Marchessault
- Genetically Modified Starch as an Industrial Raw Material / Christer Jansson, Sathish Puthigae, Chuanxin Sun and Carl Grenthe
- Silylated Cellulose Materials in Design of Supramolecular Structures of Ultrathin Cellulose Films / Dieter Klemm and Armin Stein.