Acquired biodegradability of polyethylenes containing pro-oxidant additives

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• 作者：Marek Koutny ; Martine Sancelme ; Catherine Dabin ; Nicolas Pichon ; Anne-Marie Delort and Jacques Lemaire
• 关键词：Adenosine triphosphate ; Polyethylene ; Biodegradation ; Pro-oxidant ; Photooxidation ; Thermo-oxidation
• 刊名：Polymer Degradation and Stability
• 出版年：2006
• 出版时间：July 2006
• 年：2006
• 卷：91
• 期：7
• 页码：1495-1503
• 全文大小：700 K

文摘

Biodegrability of high density polyethylene film (HDPE) and low density polyethylene film (LDPE) both containing a balance of antioxidants and pro-oxidants was studied with defined microbial strains particularly with Rhodococcus rhodochrous and Nocardia asteroides in mineral medium. After an abiotic pre-treatment consisting of photooxidation and thermo-oxidation corresponding to about 3 years of outdoor weathering the samples were inoculated, incubated up to 200 days and during the period their metabolic activities were followed by measuring adenosine triphosphate content. Simultaneously the cultures were also monitored by optical microscopy and FTIR spectroscopy. The first initial phase of fast growth caused by the presence of low molecular extractable compounds was followed by a long period of stabilized metabolic activity suggesting that microorganisms continued to gain energy from the substrate but evidently at a much slower rate. Complementary analysis performed at the end of incubation revealed that during the experiment time biodegradation processes probably affected surface layer of materials only.