biostabilizer
biostabilizer
[‚bī·ō′stāb·əl‚īz·ər] (civil engineering)
A component in mechanized composting systems; consists of a drum in which moistened solid waste is comminuted and tumbled for about 5 days until the aeration and biodegradation turns the waste into a fine dark compost.
McGraw-Hill Dictionary of Scientific & Technical Terms, 6E, Copyright © 2003 by The McGraw-Hill Companies, Inc.
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EPA approval for use as a biostabilizer for polymer applications.
The company has also announced that its facility for biostabilizers, located in Chicago, has undergone two recent expansions.
Biocides, sometimes called
biostabilizers, fungicides, bactericides, and microbiocides are added to plastics materials to resist the biological corrosions of the plasticizer additive.
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