Comparison of the degradability of poly(lactide) packages in composting and ambient exposure conditions

By Gaurav Kale, R. Auras, Sheritha Singh. 2007

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Subfields: Automotive Engineering, Biomaterials, Pollution

View Paper: https://www.semanticscholar.org/paper/a312836f0ef3b9ebf65c877b602838e75add50c4

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Characterization of hydrolytic degradation of polylactic acid/rice hulls composites in water at different temperatures (2011, background): “sumed by microorganisms to produce carbon dioxide (CO2), water (H2O) and solid biomass [15].”
Hydrolysis and Biodegradation of Poly(lactic acid) (2017, background): “[137] investigated and compared the degradation of two commercially available biodegradable packages of PLA under real compost conditions and under ambient exposure.”
Lifetime prediction of biodegradable polymers (2017, unknown): “82 hydrolysis degradation products) [281-285] (Fig.”
Bioplastics and Petroleum-based Plastics: Strengths and Weaknesses (2011, background): “The work of Kale et al. (2007a) concerning the biodegradation of PLA bottles under controlled and natural conditions is interesting.”
Properties and medical applications of polylactic acid: A review (2015, methodology): “The hydrolysis reaction followed first order kinetics, as demonstrated previously and fitted to the Equation (5) [61, 62]:”
Ternary PLA–PHB–Limonene blends intended for biodegradable food packaging applications (2014, background): “During the initial phases of disintegration, as a result of water absorption [8] the high molecular polyester chains hydrolyzed to smaller molecules [8,9,44] which are more susceptible for microorganisms to enzymatic reactions [8,45] and also presented less thermal stability.”
Abiotic and biotic environmental degradation of the bioplastic polymer poly(lactic acid): A review (2017, background): “The rate of PLA degradation is much greater above the glass transition temperature (Tg, 55e62 C) as polymer chains become more flexible and water absorption increases, accelerating both hydrolysis andmicrobial attachment [20,25,44].”