Object's details: Properties, application and degradation of plastics

Description

• Title:
  Properties, application and degradation of plastics
• Creator:
  Szyszkowska, Agnieszka
   ;
  Galas, Dagmara
• Publisher:
  Educational Research Institute
• Date:
  2017
• Abstract:
  The aim of the study was to present the role of polymeric materials in various industries. The article discusses the statistics related to the global production of plastics in the years 1950-2015. The paper presents the properties and application of polymer materials, and also made the characteristics of the processes of degradation of polymers, detailing the processes induced by chemical agents, physical and biological. Attention is paid to the characteristics of the biodegradation process. The work has also raised issues associated with the development of ever-larger amounts of polymer waste.
• Bibliographic citation:
  Edukacja Biologiczna i Środowiskowa 2017/1
• Subject and Keywords:
  polymers
   ;
  biodegradation
   ;
  plastics
• Coverage:
  21st century
• Language:
  eng
• Rights:
  Open Access
• Resource Type:
  article
• Format:
  application/pdf
• Resource Identifier: oai:jbc-test.dlibra.psnc.pl:398147
• ISSN:
  1643-8779

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• Creation date: 2017-09-27
• Last modification date: 2021-10-26
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