Accession Number:

AD0760718

Title:

Environmentally Degradable Plastics: A Review,

Descriptive Note:

Progress rept. no. 18, 4 Feb-3 Apr 59,

Corporate Author:

PLASTICS TECHNICAL EVALUATION CENTER DOVER N J

Personal Author(s):

• Titus,Joan B.

Report Date:

1973-02-01

Pagination or Media Count:

22.0

Abstract:

Reviewed are mechanisms for degrading plastics capable of being degraded, companies and universities engaged in degradation technology, costs, suggested applications, military problems with degradable plastics and the future outlook for degradable materials. This is an interim report, orig-inally presented at a Picatinny Arsenal Seminar. A more comprehensive re- port including a complete bibliography will be published later. Author-PL

Descriptors:

• *PLASTICS
• DECOMPOSITION
• PREDICTIONS
• PHOTOCHEMICAL REACTIONS
• SOLUBILITY

Subject Categories:

• Plastics

Distribution Statement:

APPROVED FOR PUBLIC RELEASE