Publication detail

Degradation products of synthetic polymers as emerging environmental contaminants

ČÁSLAVSKÝ, J. VÁVROVÁ, M. MÁCOVÁ, D. MRAVCOVÁ, L.

Original Title

Degradation products of synthetic polymers as emerging environmental contaminants

English Title

Degradation products of synthetic polymers as emerging environmental contaminants

Type

presentation

Language

Czech

Original Abstract

Synthetic polymers are widely used due to their excellent properties which can be "tailored" with respect to their planned use. The worldwide production of synthetic polymers is constantly increasing and these materials are used in a wide range of products. At the end of the product life cycle great part of the polymers is disposed on the waste dumps, where they remain usually for quite a long time and undergo various environmental degradation mechanisms. Due to huge amount of produced polymers it is advisable to evaluate the polymer degradation pathways, to identify the degradation products and to evaluate their possible environmental effects. In this study we focused our attention on the degradation mechanism and identification of degradation products of polyurethane foams, whose biodegradability was enhanced by the addition of biodegradable and bio-originated filler.

English abstract

Synthetic polymers are widely used due to their excellent properties which can be "tailored" with respect to their planned use. The worldwide production of synthetic polymers is constantly increasing and these materials are used in a wide range of products. At the end of the product life cycle great part of the polymers is disposed on the waste dumps, where they remain usually for quite a long time and undergo various environmental degradation mechanisms. Due to huge amount of produced polymers it is advisable to evaluate the polymer degradation pathways, to identify the degradation products and to evaluate their possible environmental effects. In this study we focused our attention on the degradation mechanism and identification of degradation products of polyurethane foams, whose biodegradability was enhanced by the addition of biodegradable and bio-originated filler.

Keywords

synthetic polymers, environmental degradation

Key words in English

synthetic polymers, environmental degradation

Authors

ČÁSLAVSKÝ, J.; VÁVROVÁ, M.; MÁCOVÁ, D.; MRAVCOVÁ, L.

Released

28. 8. 2008

Publisher

Fakulta chemická VUT v Brně

Location

Brno

ISBN

978-80-214-3715-9

Book

4th Meeting on Chemistry and Life: Book of Abstracts

Edition

1

Edition number

1

Pages from

16

Pages to

16

Pages count

1

BibTex

@misc{BUT63378,
  author="Josef {Čáslavský} and Milada {Vávrová} and Daniela {Mácová} and Ludmila {Mravcová}",
  title="Degradation products of synthetic polymers as emerging environmental contaminants",
  booktitle="4th Meeting on Chemistry and Life: Book of Abstracts",
  year="2008",
  series="1",
  edition="1",
  pages="16--16",
  publisher="Fakulta chemická VUT v Brně",
  address="Brno",
  isbn="978-80-214-3715-9",
  note="presentation"
}