1. 指導教授 : 王振乾 學生 : 陳雅貞 日期： 2010.11.01

2. Abstract The biodegradation and hydrolysis rates of an aliphatic aromatic copolyester(PBAT) were measured in manure,food, and yard compost environments and in phosphate buffer solution (pH ＝ 8.0) and vermiculite at 58 ℃. Mineralization, molecular weight reduction, and structural changes determined by DSC, FTIR, and 1 H NMR were used as indicators of the biodegradation and hydrolysis rates.

3. Materials : Poly(butylene adipate-co-terephthalate) PBAT

4. Biodegradation PBAT Film manure compost yard compost food compost film samples were analyzed for carbon content and composts for carbon to nitrogen ratio using a PerkinElmer CHN analyzer. Good quality compost should have a C/N ratio between 10 and 40 At 7, 15, 30, and 45 days,58 ℃ A mixture of 250 g compost (wet basis) with 6 g cellulose powder as positive control.

5. Hydrolysis The hydrolysis test was performed using an FDA migration cell in a 40 ml glass amber,the cells were filled with 35 ml ofphosphate buffer with a pH of 8.0 as a control for hydrolysis 35 ml of vermiculite with 50% moisture content (mixed with phosphate buffer) in order to simulate only hydrolysis under composting conditions

6. Conclusions PBAT degraded more and faster in manure compost than in yard or food waste composts. The ester group in the aliphatic BA unit was more susceptible to hydrolysis than that in the aromatic BT unit. During biodegradation, increases in PBAT crystallinity were observed, which indicated that the amorphous regions biodegraded faster than the crystalline regions.