Wpływ dodatku mieszaniny karboksylanów manganu i żelaza na proces degradacji folii PE-LD

A study was made of the degradation of polyethylene packaging film modified with Mn(II) and Fe(III) carboxylate at additive content of 0.5 and 1 wt%. A comparison was made between the effectiveness of manganese and iron carboxylate at molar ratio of Mn: Fe 1.5 and the photodegradative effects of mixed carboxylate salts of these metals of various content of the individual fatty acids. We compared the effects of degradation of films obtained under the same processing variables and aged under the same conditions. In this way we have studied the effect of chemical composition of the carboxylates on their effectiveness and the usefulness of technical grade stearin in obtaining an effective and thermally durable prodegradant.Przedstawiono wyniki badań degradacji opakowaniowej folii polietylenowej modyfikowanej karboksylanami Mn(II) i Fe(III) przy zawartości tego dodatku w polimerze 0.5 i 1% mas. Porównano skuteczność karboksylanu manganu i żelaza o stosunku molowym Mn:Fe 1.5 na działanie fotodegradacyjne mieszanych soli karboksylowych tych metali o różnym składzie indywidualnych kwasów tłuszczowych. Porównano efekty degradacji folii uzyskanych w tych samych warunkach przetwórstwa i poddawanych starzeniu. Badano wpływ składu chemicznego karboksylanów na ich skuteczność oraz przydatność stearyny technicznej do uzyskania skutecznego i termicznie trwałego prodegradanta

Polyolefin oxo-degradation accelerators – a new trend to promote environmental protection

The paper presents the results of the tests on the preparation of iron (III) stearate – the most prominent oxo-biodegradation agent for polyolefinic plastics. The process chosen for testing was the double precipitation process, using stearic acid alkalised with soda lye and iron (III) chloride or iron (III) sulphate. A number of iron (III) stearate preparation methods described in the literature were tested and an analytical procedure for monitoring the process was developed using both the classical and instrumental techniques. FTIR spectroscopy is the most useful technique for the product quality control and identification. During the study the characteristics of the proper product were also determined using the DSC methods. Microscopy and laser diffraction particle size analysis were applied to determine the size of the precipitated product grains. An application sample of the product obtained by the double decomposition method from iron (III) sulphate as the iron carrier has successfully passed the application tests in the polyethylene packaging film