Abstract for Post: Studies on the Degradation of Polyethylene /Banyan Dry Leaves
Author(s): A. U. Santhos Kumar and N. Jaya Chitra
The banyan dry leaves powder in the present research were incorporated into LDPE, LDPE in about 5 wt% subsequently processed to produce films of 50μ thickness. The bio-based additive such as Banyan dry leaves powder were successfully mixed and their performance on the photo and biodegradability of polyethylene films were studied under the influence of accelerated UV/sunlight. The percentage of biodegradation of the photodegraded film was analyzed by ASTMD 5338-98. The photodegraded film was subjected to biodegradation is 30%.