Biocidal Activity of Biodegradable Polymers

Another point to note is that the different screening rules may require slightly contradictory properties for example, to improve chemical stability the reservoir temperature should be low, but this will increase the probability of biological activity in the reservoir, which may lead to biodegradation of the polymer (see Chapter 4). In such cases, a judgement must be made about which of the criteria is more severe and, in the previous example, the low reservoir temperature would probably be desirable since it is easier to use biocide to overcome the problem than to have a very high reservoir temperature. 

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