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Degradable polymers : principles and applications / edited by Gerald Scott, Dan Gilead.

Contributor(s): Scott, Gerald, 1927- | Gilead, Dan.
Material type: materialTypeLabelBookPublisher: London : Chapman & Hall, 1995Description: xiv, 271 p. : ill. ; 24 cm. + hbk.ISBN: 0412590107 .Subject(s): Polymers -- Biodegradation | Plastic scrap -- Biodegradation | Plastic scrap -- ManagementDDC classification: 668.9
Contents:
Introduction to the abiotic degradation of carbon chain polymers / Gerald Scott -- An overview of biodegradable polymers and biodegradation of polymers / Samuel J. Huang and Peter G. Edelman -- Techniques and mechanisms of polymer degradation / Sigbritt Karlsson and Ann-Christine Albertsson -- Biodegradation of aliphatic polyesters / Suming Li and Michel Vert -- Properties and applications of bacterially derived polyhydroxyalkanoates / T. Hammond and J. J. Liggat -- Starch-polymer composites / Catia Bastioli -- The science and engineering of polymer composite degradation / Richard P. Wool -- Ethylene-carbon monoxide copolymers / George Harlan and Chester Kmiec -- Photo-biodegradable plastics / Gerald Scott -- Photodegradable plastics in agriculture / Dan Gilead -- The role of degradable polymers in agricultural systems / Augustino Fabbri -- Plastics and the environment / James Guillet -- Degradable polymers in waste and litter control / Gerald Scott and Dan Gilead.
Holdings
Item type Current library Call number Copy number Status Date due Barcode Item holds
General Lending MTU Bishopstown Library Lending 668.9 (Browse shelf(Opens below)) 1 Available 00070551
Total holds: 0

Enhanced descriptions from Syndetics:

Few scientific developments in recent years have captured the popular imagination like the subject of'biodegradable' plastics. The reasons for this are complex and lie deep in the human subconscious. Discarded plastics are an intrusion on the sea shore and in the countryside. The fact that nature's litter abounds in the sea and on land is acceptable because it is biodegradable - even though it may take many years to be bioassimilated into the ecosystem. Plastics litter is not seen to be biodegradable and is aesthetically unacceptable because it does not blend into the natural environment. To the environmentally aware but often scientifically naive, biodegradation is seen to be the ecologically acceptable solution to the problem of plastic packaging waste and litter and some packaging manufacturers have exploited the 'green' consumer with exaggerated claims to 'environmentally friendly' biodegradable packaging materials. The principles underlying environmental degradation are not understood even by some manufacturers of 'biodegradable' materials and the claims made for them have been categorized as 'deceptive' by USA legislative authorities. This has set back the acceptance of plastics with controlled biodegradability as part of the overall waste and litter control strategy. At the opposite end of the commercial spectrum, the polymer manufactur­ ing industries, through their trade associations, have been at pains to discount the role of degradable materials in waste and litter management. This negative campaign has concentrated on the supposed incompatibility of degradable plastics with aspects of waste management strategy, notably materials recycling.

Includes bibliographical references and index.

Introduction to the abiotic degradation of carbon chain polymers / Gerald Scott -- An overview of biodegradable polymers and biodegradation of polymers / Samuel J. Huang and Peter G. Edelman -- Techniques and mechanisms of polymer degradation / Sigbritt Karlsson and Ann-Christine Albertsson -- Biodegradation of aliphatic polyesters / Suming Li and Michel Vert -- Properties and applications of bacterially derived polyhydroxyalkanoates / T. Hammond and J. J. Liggat -- Starch-polymer composites / Catia Bastioli -- The science and engineering of polymer composite degradation / Richard P. Wool -- Ethylene-carbon monoxide copolymers / George Harlan and Chester Kmiec -- Photo-biodegradable plastics / Gerald Scott -- Photodegradable plastics in agriculture / Dan Gilead -- The role of degradable polymers in agricultural systems / Augustino Fabbri -- Plastics and the environment / James Guillet -- Degradable polymers in waste and litter control / Gerald Scott and Dan Gilead.

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