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Comparison study of direct synthesis of bioplastics from fruit wastes and their polymer composite

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Main Author: Kee, Boon Shin
Other Authors: Akmal Hadi, Ma'Radzi, Dr.
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Language:English
Published: Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP) 2021
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Bioplastics
Fruit wastes
Biodegradable plastic
Bioplastics > Fruit wastes
Online Access:http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/74301
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spelling my.unimap-743012022-02-17T02:13:00Z Comparison study of direct synthesis of bioplastics from fruit wastes and their polymer composite Kee, Boon Shin Akmal Hadi, Ma'Radzi, Dr. School of Bioprocess Engineering Bioplastics Fruit wastes Biodegradable plastic Bioplastics -- Fruit wastes Access is limited to UniMAP community. Bioplastic is a biodegradable plastic that acts as an alternative to traditional synthetic plastics which caused a lot of environmental problems such as global warming. Bioplastics are produced from renewable sources such as cellulose and starch which can be decomposed into carbon dioxide, water, and biomass. Fruit wastes with high content of cellulose or starch can also act as a source to produce bioplastics. In this project, several fruit wastes had been selected, which were pineapple leaf, banana stem, and coconut husk, to form bioplastic films directly. The polymer composites from each fruit wastes were produced by reinforcement of the fruit wastes in polylactic acid (PLA) using trifluoroacetic acid (TFA) and hot press machine. Thus, the pure fruit waste films and their polymer composite films were compared according to their chemical, morphology and thermo-mechanical properties. There were several testing used to analyse the chemical, morphology and thermo-mechanical properties of bioplastic films, such as FTIR-ATR, XRD, SEM, AFM, TGA and Tensile machine (ASTM D882). By comparison between fruit waste films and their polymer composite films, polymer composite films had better properties compared to fruit waste films because they possessed a similar plastic characteristic as PLA such as better elongation i.e. 12.56% to 17.52% , tensile strength i.e. 0.2Mpa to 6.35Mpa, and thermal stability i.e. 7.51 ºC to 63.21 ºC. However, the method of producing the polymer composite films directly resulted in different characteristic of plastic. For instance, the polymer composite films formed by dissolving in TFA solution possessed a best quality bioplastic films in term of elongation whereas polymer composite films formed by hot press method produced a quality bioplastic in term of tensile strength and thermal stability. 2021 2022-02-17T02:13:00Z 2022-02-17T02:13:00Z 2017-06 Learning Object http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/74301 en Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
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topic Bioplastics
Fruit wastes
Biodegradable plastic
Bioplastics -- Fruit wastes
spellingShingle Bioplastics
Fruit wastes
Biodegradable plastic
Bioplastics -- Fruit wastes
Kee, Boon Shin
Comparison study of direct synthesis of bioplastics from fruit wastes and their polymer composite
description Access is limited to UniMAP community.
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title Comparison study of direct synthesis of bioplastics from fruit wastes and their polymer composite
title_short Comparison study of direct synthesis of bioplastics from fruit wastes and their polymer composite
title_full Comparison study of direct synthesis of bioplastics from fruit wastes and their polymer composite
title_fullStr Comparison study of direct synthesis of bioplastics from fruit wastes and their polymer composite
title_full_unstemmed Comparison study of direct synthesis of bioplastics from fruit wastes and their polymer composite
title_sort comparison study of direct synthesis of bioplastics from fruit wastes and their polymer composite
publisher Universiti Malaysia Perlis (UniMAP)
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url http://dspace.unimap.edu.my:80/xmlui/handle/123456789/74301
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