Physicochemical Assessment of the Biodegradability of Agricultural Nonwovens Made of PLA

• Autorzy: Miros-Kudra Partycja , Gzyra-Jagieła Karolina , Kudra Michał

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DOI

10.5604/01.3001.0014.2398

Warianty tytułu

PL

Ocena fizykochemiczna biodegradowalności agrowłóknin wytworzonych z PLA

• Języki publikacji: EN

Abstrakty

EN

Compostable biodegradable plastics are an ecological alternative to traditional products based on petroleum derivatives, whose post-use waste may pollute the natural environment. Modern polymer materials show the functional properties of plastics obtained by conventional methods, but they also may be degraded as a result of biochemical transformations in composting. This allows such materials to be included in the scheme of the currently implemented circular economy, which does not generate post-consumer waste. This paper presents methods for the assessment of the biodegradation process of selected agricultural nonwovens produced from commercial PLA 6252D polylactide, supplied by Nature Works® LLC, USA. The agricultural nonwovens tested, obtained by the spun-bond technique, were characterised by different degrees of crystallinity in the range from 11.1% to 31.4%. Biodegradation tests were carried out as simulated aerobic composting while maintaining constant environmental conditions in accordance with test procedures based on PN-EN/ISO standards using the method of sample mass loss determination. Gel chromatography (GPC/SEC) and FTIR spectroscopy were also applied to assess the degree of biodegradation. The aim of this study was to evaluate the effect of the crystallinity of nonwoven made of PLA 6252 D on its degradation in a compost environment.

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Kompostowalne tworzywa biodegradowalne są ekologiczną alternatywą dla tradycyjnych produktów opartych na pochodnych ropy naftowej, zalegających i zanieczyszczających środowisko naturalne w formie odpadów poużytkowych. Nowoczesne materiały polimerowe wykazują właściwości użytkowe tworzyw sztucznych otrzymywanych metodami konwencjonalnymi a ponadto ulegają utylizacji na drodze przemian biochemicznych w wyniku kompostowania. Pozwala to na wpisanie się takich materiałów w schemat obecnie pożądanej gospodarki cyrkularnej, która nie generuje odpadów poużytkowych. W niniejszej pracy przedstawiono metody badań biorozkładu wybranych agrowłóknin wytworzonych z komercyjnego polilaktydu PLA 6252D firmy Nature Works® LLC, USA. Badane agrowłókniny otrzymane techniką spun-bonded charakteryzowały się różnymi stopniami krystaliczności w zakresie od 11.1% do 31.4%. Badania biodegradacyjnie prowadzono w procesie symulowanego kompostowania aerobowego z zachowaniem stałych warunków środowiskowych zgodnie z procedurami badawczymi na podstawie norm PN-EN/ISO z wykorzystaniem metody wyznaczania ubytku masy. Do oceny stopnia biodegradacji zastosowano również technikę chromatografii żelowej (GPC/SEC) oraz spektrofotometrię FTIR. Celem pracy było określenie wpływu krystaliczności włóknin wytworzonych z PLA 6252 D na rozkład w środowisku kompostowym.

Słowa kluczowe

EN

PLA agricultural nonwovens; degradability; compostability; gel chromatography; GPC; size exclusion chromatography; SEC; Fourier transform infrared spectroscopy; FTIR

PL

agrowłóknina; degradowalność; kompostowalność; chromatografia żelowa; GPC; chromatografia wykluczania; SEC; spektroskopia w podczerwieni z transformacją Fouriera; FTIR

• Wydawca: Sieć Badawcza Łukasiewicz - Łódzki Instytut Technologiczny
• Czasopismo: Fibres & Textiles in Eastern Europe
• Rocznik: 2021
• Tom: Vol. 29, no. 1 (145)
• Strony: 26--34
• Opis fizyczny: Bibliogr. 48 poz., rys., tab.

Twórcy

autor

Miros-Kudra Partycja

• Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Biopolymers and Chemical Fibres, 19/27 M. Skłodowskiej-Curie, 90-570 Łódź, Poland

autor

Gzyra-Jagieła Karolina

• Łukasiewicz Research Network– Institute of Biopolymers and Chemical Fibres, 19/27 M. Skłodowskiej-Curie, 90-570 Łódź, Poland
• Lodz University of Technology, Faculty of Material Technologies and Textile Design, 116 Żeromskiego, 90-924 Łódź, Poland

autor

Kudra Michał

• Łukasiewicz Research Network – Institute of Biopolymers and Chemical Fibres, 19/27 M. Skłodowskiej-Curie, 90-570 Łódź, Poland

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Uwagi

Opracowanie rekordu ze środków MNiSW, umowa Nr 461252 w ramach programu "Społeczna odpowiedzialność nauki" - moduł: Popularyzacja nauki i promocja sportu (2021).