Marble Surfaces By Using Biodegradable Polymers

Biodegradable polymers are a special class of polymer that breaks down after its intended purpose by bacterial decomposition process to result in natural byproducts such as gases co 2 n 2 water biomass and inorganic salts.

Marble surfaces by using biodegradable polymers. El sevi er. Analysis of surface microtopography of biodegradable polymer matrices using confocal reflection microscopy. Progress in organic coatings j our nal homepage. Investigated by coating the surface of marble with some bio degradable polymers.

2009 studied the behavior of some biodegradable polymers such as zein chitosan polyhydroxybutyrate phb and poly lactic acid pla in terms of protection capability of marble surfaces under so 2. Com l ocat e por gcoat protection of marble surfaces by using biodegradable polymers as coating agent ylmaz ocak a aysun sofuoglu b funda tihminlioglu b hasan bke c a environmental engineering msc programme izmir institute of technology urla 35430 izmir turkey b department of chemical engineering izmir institute of. Zein chitosan polyhydroxybutyrate phb and polylactic acid pla as protective agents. These polymers are found both naturally and synthetically made and largely consist of ester amide and ether functional groups.

Semler ej 1 tjia js moghe pv. Uncoated control marbles and biodegradable polymer coated marbles were exposed at nearly 8 ppm so2 concentration at 100 relative humidity conditions in a reaction. The use of biodegradable instead of nonbiodegradable polymers in single use agricultural applications including plastic mulching promises to reduce plastic accumulation in the environment. In this study two different groups of biodegradable polymers were used and tested as a coating agent for preventing gypsum formation on marble surfaces in laboratory conditions.

Hence by using these types of polymers on the marble surface it may slow down the gypsum formation. The use of biodegradable polymer poly l lactide pla as a coating agent on the marble surface showed a great potential to fulfill the principles of the international conservation community of historic monuments and building. They found that the latter two were less suitable to protect against sulphatation. 1 department of chemical and biochemical engineering rutgers university piscataway new jersey 08855 usa.

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