Biodegradable polymers and plastics /
Contributor(s): Vert, M. (Michel) | International Scientific Workshop on Biodegradable Polymers and Plastics, Montpellier (2nd : 1991 : Monpellier, France).
Series: Special publication (Royal Society of Chemistry (Great Britain)): no. 109.Publisher: Cambridge [England] : Royal Society of Chemistry, c1992Description: xii, 302 p. : ill. ; 24 cm.Content type: text Media type: unmediated Carrier type: volumeISBN: 0851862071; 9780851862071 :.Subject(s): Polymers -- Biodegradation -- Congresses | Biodegradable plastics -- Congresses | Polymers Degradation (Chemical reactions)DDC classification: 547.84Item type | Current library | Call number | Copy number | Status | Date due | Barcode | Item holds |
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"The proceedings of the Second International Scientific Workshop on Biodegradable Polymers and Plastics, Montpellier, France, 25-27 November 1991"--T.p. verso.
Includes bibliographical references and index.
How to trigger polymer degradation -- Soil microbiology -- Consensus on definitions and nomenclature -- How to degrade polymers -- Effects of structures on polymer degradation -- Standards and reference test methods -- Mathematical modelling -- Selected poster communications.
An exploration of the environmental problems caused by durable polymer materials, this volume discusses how certain polymeric systems can be created to undergo degradation at a controlled and predetermined rate after task completion.
The Proceedings of the Second International Scientific Workshop on Bio degradable Polymers and Plastics, Montepellier, France, 25-27 November 1991. Edited by: M. Vert et al.