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Polyvinyl alcohol : materials, processing and applications / Vannessa Goodship and Daniel Jacobs.

By: Contributor(s): Material type: TextTextSeries: Rapra review reports ; v. 16, no. 12.Publication details: Shawbury, Shrewsbury, Shropshire, U.K. : Smithers Rapra Technology, 2009.Description: 1 online resource (130 pages)Content type:
  • text
Media type:
  • computer
Carrier type:
  • online resource
ISBN:
  • 9781847350961
  • 1847350968
  • 128227452X
  • 9781282274525
Subject(s): Genre/Form: Additional physical formats: Print version:: No titleDDC classification:
  • 668.405 22
LOC classification:
  • TP1101 .G66 2009eb
Online resources:
Contents:
1. Introduction; 2. Application Scope; 3. Manufacture; 4. Polymer Chemistry; 5. Water Solubility; 6. PVAL Film Properties; 6.1 Barrier Proporties; 7. Solution Processing; 8. Melt Processing; 9. Packaging; 10. PVAL in Medicine: Hydrogels; 11. Biopolymers; 12. Blends; 13. Blends of PVAL; 14. Degradability; 15. Plastics and Biodegradable Plastics Disposal; 16. Conclusion; References; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Abstracts from the Polymer Library Database; Subject Index; Company Index.
Summary: For a number of years, plastic wastes have been accumulating at such a rate that there are now huge environmental concerns with their disposal. Options such as landfill and incineration have not been well received by the public, or indeed government legislation, and focus is now firmly upon the use of biodegradable alternatives for mass applications. One material that has been considered for mass application has been polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH). To date, the use of this material has been confined to comparativey low technology applications such as paper coatings and fibre sizing, which rely upon.
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Includes bibliographical references and indexes.

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1. Introduction; 2. Application Scope; 3. Manufacture; 4. Polymer Chemistry; 5. Water Solubility; 6. PVAL Film Properties; 6.1 Barrier Proporties; 7. Solution Processing; 8. Melt Processing; 9. Packaging; 10. PVAL in Medicine: Hydrogels; 11. Biopolymers; 12. Blends; 13. Blends of PVAL; 14. Degradability; 15. Plastics and Biodegradable Plastics Disposal; 16. Conclusion; References; Abbreviations and Acronyms; Abstracts from the Polymer Library Database; Subject Index; Company Index.

For a number of years, plastic wastes have been accumulating at such a rate that there are now huge environmental concerns with their disposal. Options such as landfill and incineration have not been well received by the public, or indeed government legislation, and focus is now firmly upon the use of biodegradable alternatives for mass applications. One material that has been considered for mass application has been polyvinyl alcohol (PVOH). To date, the use of this material has been confined to comparativey low technology applications such as paper coatings and fibre sizing, which rely upon.

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