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Biodegradation behavior of poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT), poly(lactic acid) (PLA), and their blend under soil conditions
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Abstract Poly(lactic acid) (PLA) and poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) (PBAT) were mixed at a ratio of 40:60, extruded to form granules and cast into film; then, the PLA, PBAT, and PBAT/PLA film samples were buried in real soil environments. The residual degraded samples were taken regularly from the soil and analyzed by SEM, DSC, TGA, IR spectroscopy and elemental analysis. The analyses showed that PBAT and PLA had different biodegradation mechanisms. Further, the melting temperature and the melting point change of the various components in the PBAT/PLA blend before and after the biodegradation essentially followed the process of the changes in the respective single polymers. After biodegradation, the carbon atom content in the molecular structure of the PBAT, PLA, and PBAT/PLA samples decreased, while the oxygen atom content increased, indicating that the samples indeed degraded. The biodegradation rates of PBAT and PLA in the PBAT/PLA blend were not the same as those for the single materials.
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- Authors
- Weng, Y.-X., Jin, Y.-J., Meng, Q.-Y., Wang, L., Zhang, M., & Wang, Y.-Z.
- Venue
- Polymer Testing
- Publisher
- Elsevier BV
- Published
- 2013-08
- Volume
- 32
- Issue
- 5
- Pages
- 918-926
- ISSN
- 0142-9418 (ISSN-L)
- OpenAlex
- W1972919654
- Cited by
- 596
- References
- 6
- FWCI
- 6.95
- Type
- journal article
- Language
- en
- Open access
- closed
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