the degradation of plastic waste by improving its biodegradability. Some forms of plastic recycling can involve the complete degradation of a polymer back...
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In polymers, such as plastics, thermal degradation refers to a type of polymer degradation where damaging chemical changes take place at elevated temperatures...
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susceptible to UV degradation while polyesters are susceptible to degradation by hydrolysis. Polymers containing an unsaturated backbone degrade via ozone cracking...
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inhibit or retard their degradation. Common polymer degradation processes include oxidation, UV-damage, thermal degradation, ozonolysis, combinations...
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Polylactic acid (redirect from PLA polymer)
Mitomo H, Yoshii F, Kume T (1 May 2001). "Degradation of poly(l-lactic acid) by γ-irradiation". Polymer Degradation and Stability. 72 (2): 337–343. doi:10...
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In polymer chemistry photo-oxidation (sometimes: oxidative photodegradation) is the degradation of a polymer surface due to the combined action of light...
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Committee for Standardisation) Technical report CEN/TR 15351 "Oxo-degradation" is degradation identified as resulting from oxidative cleavage of macromolecules"...
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Polypropylene (redirect from Propene polymer)
which prevent polymer degradation. Microbial communities isolated from soil samples mixed with starch have been shown to be capable of degrading polypropylene...
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Look up degradation, degrade, or degrading in Wiktionary, the free dictionary. Degradation may refer to: Degradation (geology), lowering of a fluvial surface...
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Plastic (redirect from Polymer additive)
plastic contains some polymer stabilizers which permit them to be melt-processed (molded) without suffering polymer degradation. Other additives are optional...
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