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    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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    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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  • inhibit or retard their degradation. Common polymer degradation processes include oxidation, UV-damage, thermal degradation, ozonolysis, combinations...
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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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  • 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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    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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  • way, the biodegradation for polymer has a longer degradation period. Polyhydroxyalkanoatesas an example, have a degradation period for up to three to six...
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  • Poly(ethylene adipate) (category Polymers)
    toluene as a solvent, the efficacy of degrading PEA through ultrasonic sound waves was examined. Degradation of a polymer chain occurs due to cavitation of...
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    rate at which this degradation of organic compounds occurs. Factors include light, water, oxygen and temperature. The degradation rate of many organic...
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    Plastic degradation in marine bacteria describes when certain pelagic bacteria break down polymers and use them as a primary source of carbon for energy...
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    Fire Retardant Behaviour of Huntite and Hydromagnesite - A Review". Polymer Degradation and Stability. 95 (12): 2213–2225. doi:10.1016/j.polymdegradstab...
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    (January 2003). "Environmental biodegradation of polyethylene". Polymer Degradation and Stability. 81 (3): 441–452. doi:10.1016/S0141-3910(03)00129-0...
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  • "Analysis of radiation induced degradation in FPC-461 fluoropolymers by variable temperature multinuclear NMR". Polymer Degradation and Stability. 91 (3): 541–547...
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  • particles. Such data degradation is known as a soft error. ECC memory can be used to mitigate this type of data degradation. Data degradation results from the...
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    other items. This can cause polymer degradation at the molecular level, and requires that waste be sorted by colour and polymer type before processing, which...
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    from the effects of photo-oxidation; as opposed to other forms of polymer degradation such as ozonolysis. They are also increasingly being used as thermal...
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  • amounts of acidic water. Polyesters are also susceptible to similar polymer degradation reactions. The problem is known as environmental stress cracking...
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  • reprocessing of oxobiodegradable and non-degradable polyethylene on the durability of recycled materials". Polymer Degradation and Stability. 97 (3): 316–321....
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  • Aneurinibacillus sp. have been isolated from the environment to enhance polymer degradation. Two approaches exist to obtain microbial consortia involving either...
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  • S2CID 225243217. David, C. (1975). "Chapter 4 Oxidative Degradation of Polymers". Degradation of polymers. Amsterdam: Elsevier Scientific Pub. Co. pp. 425–538...
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    Polyethylene terephthalate (category Polymers)
    (2002). "New advances in poly(ethylene terephthalate) polymerization and degradation". Polymer International. 51 (10): 923–930. doi:10.1002/pi.917. Bio-based...
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    degradation, especially those variants that are branched polymers such as LDPE. The branch points are tertiary carbon atoms, so polymer degradation starts...
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    generating a polymeric layer of charred phosphoric acid. Inert gases (most often carbon dioxide and water) produced by thermal degradation of some materials...
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    the polymer degrades upon melting. Spandex fibers are produced by several spinning technologies. Typically, a concentrated solution of the polymer is drawn...
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    A lithium polymer battery, or more correctly, lithium-ion polymer battery (abbreviated as LiPo, LIP, Li-poly, lithium-poly, and others), is a rechargeable...
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  • light stabilizers (HALS) Antiozonants prevents or retards the degradation of polymers caused by ozone (ozone cracking) sequestrants, forming chelate...
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    biocompatibility of this polymer is generally determined by the products that it degrades into, as well as the rate of degradation into degradation products. The...
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