Introduction of environmentally degradable parameters to evaluate the biodegradability of biodegradable polymers.

Environmentally Degradable Parameter ((Ed)K) is of importance in the describing of biodegradability of environmentally biodegradable polymers (BDPs). In this study, a concept (Ed)K was introduced. A test procedure of using the ISO 14852 method and detecting the evolved carbon dioxide as an analytica...

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Main Authors: Wenbin Guo, Jian Tao, Chao Yang, Cunjiang Song, Weitao Geng, Qiang Li, Yuanyuan Wang, Meimei Kong, Shufang Wang
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Public Library of Science (PLoS) 2012-01-01
Series:PLoS ONE
Online Access:http://europepmc.org/articles/PMC3365006?pdf=render