PMID- 31547380
OWN - NLM
STAT- PubMed-not-MEDLINE
LR  - 20200930
IS  - 2073-4360 (Electronic)
IS  - 2073-4360 (Linking)
VI  - 11
IP  - 9
DP  - 2019 Sep 12
TI  - Photo-Oxidative and Soil Burial Degradation of Irrigation Tubes Based on 
      Biodegradable Polymer Blends.
LID - 10.3390/polym11091489 [doi]
LID - 1489
AB  - Irrigation tubes based on biodegradable polymers were prepared via an 
      extrusion-drawing process by Irritec and compared to conventional pipes made of 
      high-density polyethylene (HDPE). A commercial polylactide/poly 
      (butyleneadipate-co-butyleneterephthalate) (PLA/PBAT) blend (Bio-Flex((R))) and 
      Mater-Bi((R)) were used. The polymers were characterized from rheological and 
      mechanical points of view. Irrigation pipes were subjected to photoaging with 
      continued exposure to UV radiation up to 22 days. The degradability in the soil 
      of irrigation tube samples was studied. The influence of temperature and UV 
      irradiation on soil burial degradation was investigated. A soil burial 
      degradation test was carried out at 30  degrees C and 50  degrees C for up to 70 days. The degree 
      of degradation was evaluated from the weight loss percentage. The degradation 
      rate of irrigation tube samples based on Mater-Bi((R)) was higher at 30  degrees C and was 
      stimulated after 14 days of UV irradiation. Higher temperatures or UV aging 
      encouraged the disintegration in soil of Bio-Flex((R))-based irrigation tubes. 
      Furthermore, tube samples, before and after UV and soil burial degradation, were 
      analyzed by Attenuated Total Reflection-Fourier Transform Infra-Red (ATR-FTIR) 
      spectroscopy.
FAU - Rapisarda, Marco
AU  - Rapisarda M
AD  - Istituto per i Polimeri, Compositi e Biomateriali, Consiglio Nazionale delle 
      Ricerche, Via Paolo Gaifami 18, 95126 Catania, Italy. marcorapis7@gmail.com.
FAU - La Mantia, Francesco Paolo
AU  - La Mantia FP
AUID- ORCID: 0000-0002-0452-0519
AD  - Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed.6, 
      90128 Palermo, Italy. francescopaolo.lamantia@unipa.it.
FAU - Ceraulo, Manuela
AU  - Ceraulo M
AD  - Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed.6, 
      90128 Palermo, Italy. manuela.ceraulo@unipa.it.
FAU - Mistretta, Maria Chiara
AU  - Mistretta MC
AD  - Department of Engineering, University of Palermo, Viale delle Scienze, Ed.6, 
      90128 Palermo, Italy. mc.mistretta@gmail.com.
FAU - Giuffre, Carmelo
AU  - Giuffre C
AD  - IRRITEC, Cda Scarpitta, 98071 Capo d'Orlando, Italy. carmelo.giuffre@irritec.com.
FAU - Pellegrino, Roberto
AU  - Pellegrino R
AD  - IRRITEC, Cda Scarpitta, 98071 Capo d'Orlando, Italy. 
      roberto.pellegrino@anton-paar.com.
AD  - Anton Paar, Ankerstrasse 6, 8054 Graz, Austria. roberto.pellegrino@anton-paar.com.
FAU - Valenti, Graziella
AU  - Valenti G
AD  - Istituto per i Polimeri, Compositi e Biomateriali, Consiglio Nazionale delle 
      Ricerche, Via Paolo Gaifami 18, 95126 Catania, Italy. 
      valentigraziella1985@gmail.com.
FAU - Rizzarelli, Paola
AU  - Rizzarelli P
AD  - Istituto per i Polimeri, Compositi e Biomateriali, Consiglio Nazionale delle 
      Ricerche, Via Paolo Gaifami 18, 95126 Catania, Italy. paola.rizzarelli@cnr.it.
LA  - eng
PT  - Journal Article
DEP - 20190912
PL  - Switzerland
TA  - Polymers (Basel)
JT  - Polymers
JID - 101545357
PMC - PMC6780501
OTO - NOTNLM
OT  - Bio-Flex(R)
OT  - Mater-Bi(R)
OT  - biodegradable polymers
OT  - irrigation pipes
OT  - photo-oxidation
OT  - polyesters
OT  - polymer degradation
OT  - rheological properties
OT  - soil burial test
COIS- The authors declare no conflicts of interest.
EDAT- 2019/09/25 06:00
MHDA- 2019/09/25 06:01
PMCR- 2019/09/12
CRDT- 2019/09/25 06:00
PHST- 2019/08/06 00:00 [received]
PHST- 2019/09/04 00:00 [revised]
PHST- 2019/09/10 00:00 [accepted]
PHST- 2019/09/25 06:00 [entrez]
PHST- 2019/09/25 06:00 [pubmed]
PHST- 2019/09/25 06:01 [medline]
PHST- 2019/09/12 00:00 [pmc-release]
AID - polym11091489 [pii]
AID - polymers-11-01489 [pii]
AID - 10.3390/polym11091489 [doi]
PST - epublish
SO  - Polymers (Basel). 2019 Sep 12;11(9):1489. doi: 10.3390/polym11091489.