Is there any trustable methods to determine the biodegradable plastics? if yes please furnish the details with any publications?

More Ramadoss Govindarajan's questions See All

Which radical contributes more for dye degradation whether hydroxyl radicals or superoxide radicals?

which radical contributes more for dye degradation whether hydroxyl radicals or superoxide radicals? if anyone of those radicals are responsible then what is the method to calculate and determine...

05 June 2018 5,883 7 View

Is there any method to calculate free radicals formed during the dye degradation process?

Is there any method to calculate free radicals formed during the dye degradation process in photocatalytic process?

05 June 2018 678 0 View

Mention some anionic polymers used for wastewater treatment?

Most of the wastewater treatment systems uses this anionic polymer (0.5 ppm) during the treatment system but noone discloses the name of this polymer. If anybody knows this polymer name, please...

10 November 2017 3,934 3 View

What is meant by single crystalline and polycrystalline structure in XRD?

if we synthesis a compound, what do we term if no secondary structure present or the presence of secondary structures during the synthesis?

10 November 2017 1,514 0 View

What do you think the cheapest method for reducing the TDS in wastewater?

Though there are several methods available to reduce the TDS in industrial wastewater like RO, ultrafilteration, what is the cheapest and economical method of TDS removal?

10 November 2017 1,334 3 View

Is there any specific dye or stains for adsorbing on formic acid?

Please send some research articles related to the adsorption of dyes on formic acid?

05 June 2017 1,700 1 View

What are all the free membership available for the biotechnologist to join?

For a biotechnologist, what are all the important lifetime memberships available, how to join for free as well as for payment?

02 March 2017 5,993 2 View

How to calculate the oxidation interms of weight of substrate with respect to our material which is coated on glassy carbon electrode from cv studies?

It would be helpful if I get an answer for calculating the exact amount of a oxidized compound after the reaction. For example if 5 mg of substance is mixed with an electrolyte. I need to know how...

09 October 2016 6,350 1 View

What are all the inducer can be added in the growth medium to increase the oxidizing capacity of microbes?

It would be beneficial if I know what are the inducer or compounds which increase the oxidizing capacity of bacteria? the compound should not affect the growth of bacteria.

05 June 2016 2,855 4 View

How can we give the effect of pressure with respect to the growth of bacteria. for e.g. effect of various temperature on microbial growth?

Could you suggest a method to give the effect of pressure on microbial growth? Kindly give the procedure or kindly give some reference article to follow?

05 June 2016 1,682 4 View

MD MOE RMSD

How to calculate the RMSD values for a MD simulation using MOE?

07 August 2021 0 0 View

MD MOE RMSD

How to calculate the RMSD values for a MD simulation using MOE?

07 August 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

When I tried to energy minimization my system, I got fatal error as below. Fatal error: Atomtype opls_116 not found Although I've already added this line: ; include water #include "oplsaa.ff/spc.itp" to [molecultype] directive in my topology.

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

16 June 2021 0 0 View

fatal error

16 June 2021 0 0 View

flexibility of polymers chain

effect of double bond on the flexibility of polymers

07 April 2021 0 0 View

Formulation of polymer color flakes

I am writing to request some information for making polymer color flakes. I would appreciate the help.

17 March 2021 0 0 View

I am interested in medicinal chemistry field, which books are highly recommended to learn from?

I am at the beginner level in drug design and drug discovery, and I am interested to learn more about this field. Which books are highly recommended to start from and gives me all essential...

02 March 2021 8,437 2 View

How Relativistic effects is one reason for lanthanide contraction?

The Lanthanide contraction which is the decrease in ionic radii of the elements in the lanthanide series from atomic number 57, lanthanum, to 71, lutetium, is due to poor shielding of the 4f...

01 March 2021 2,272 4 View

Vit Mateju

This could be helpful for you:

Article Laboratory Test Methods to Determine the Degradation of Plas...

ASTM D5988 - 12 Standard Test Method for Determining Aerobic Biodegradation of Plastic Materials in Soil

Microbial Oxidative Degradation Analyzer (MODA) according to ISO 14855-2.

http://edepot.wur.nl/193543

http://worldcentric.org/files/wheatstraw-astm6400.pdf

Best regards Vit

John Summerscales

The biodegradation of a polymeric materials under controlled composting conditions is the subject of a number of standard methods, including ASTM D5338, ASTM D6400, ASTM D6868, EN 13432 or ISO 14852.

Fathi Awad

you can measure BOD in water samples as well as TOC of the treated samples which are good indication of biological degradation of plastic polymers