The relationship between blend miscibility and biodegradation of cellulose acetate and poly(ethylene Succmate) blends
The relationship between blend miscibility and biodegradation of cellulose acetate and poly(ethylene Succmate) blends
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醋酸纤维素与聚琥珀酸乙二醇酯共混物的混溶性与生物降解性的关系
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10.1007/bf02763665
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发表时间:
1997
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M. Wood
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作者:
C. Buchanan;Barry Glen Pearcy;A. White;M. Wood
The miscibility of cellulose acetate (CA; degree of substitution = 2.5) and poly(ethylene succinate) (PES) has been investigated using a variety of thermal techniques and by solid-state carbon13 NMR spectroscopy. The blends containing greater than ca. 70% CA were found to be miscible. In the case of blends containing less than ca. 70% CA, a combination of thermal and NMR analyses suggests that these blends are not fully miscible on a 2.5- to 5-nm scale. On the scale which can be probed by dynamic mechanical thermal analysis (15 nm), the low-percentage CA blends exhibit “significant local concentration fluctuations≓. Investigation of the biodegradation of the blend components and of the blends revealed that PES degraded relatively rapidly and that CA degraded slowly. The blends degraded at a rate essentially identical to that of CA. Miscibility (75% CA blend) or crystallization of PES (30% CA blend) had no significant effect. These data suggest that a significant mode of degradation ófPESduring composting involves chemical hydrolysis of the polymer followed by biological assimilation of monomers. Degradation of the blends is initiated in the amorphous phase. Because CA is a significant component of the amorphous phase, a small amount of CA significantly impacts the biodegradation rates of the blends.