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Preliminary Testing of a Color-based Test Kit Detector for Bioplastics

Plastic was invented in 1907 by Leo Baekeland who is a Belgian-American Chemist. Since then, his creation has paved the way for the future of polymers. Nowadays, plastics come in different types with multitude of uses ranging from household storage purpose to medical packaging means. However, it al...

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Main Authors:	Farrah, Wong, Noor Fazilah, Rahmansyah, Sariah, Abang, Seng Kheau, Chung, Aroland, Kiring, Jamal, Ahmad Dargham, Rosalam, Sarbatly
Format:	Proceeding
Language:	English
Published:	2023
Subjects:	T Technology (General) TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering TP Chemical technology
Online Access:	http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43859/1/CISA%20Paper%20No%202.pdf http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43859/ https://acn-conference.org/2023/isi2023/
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spelling	my.unimas.ir.438592023-12-26T05:00:41Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43859/ Preliminary Testing of a Color-based Test Kit Detector for Bioplastics Farrah, Wong Noor Fazilah, Rahmansyah Sariah, Abang Seng Kheau, Chung Aroland, Kiring Jamal, Ahmad Dargham Rosalam, Sarbatly T Technology (General) TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering TP Chemical technology Plastic was invented in 1907 by Leo Baekeland who is a Belgian-American Chemist. Since then, his creation has paved the way for the future of polymers. Nowadays, plastics come in different types with multitude of uses ranging from household storage purpose to medical packaging means. However, it also has a negative impact on humanity as well, particularly on the environment and bioplastics is noticeably would be the way forward to achieve a sustainable environment. Bioplastics is synthesized from biomass or other natural material as the new alternative to plastic as it degrades much faster. Eventually, a bioplastic testing kit will be necessary, especially in the market where the use of plastic will be regulated. A prototype test kit based on Arduino and a color sensor was developed to distinguish different plastic types based on their distinct color reactions to specific chemical reagents. The fundamental question was how to create a feasible way to distinguish between cellulose-based, starch-based, biodegradable, and conventional plastics and deal with the accompanying challenges. The reagents applied to the samples included iodine, iodine-CaCl2, and Schultze reagents. Notably, the cellulose-based and starch-based straw samples exhibited a dark purple color change with iodine and dark blue with iodine-CaCl2 and Schultze reagent. In contrast, starch-based singlet bags exhibited brown transforming into purple with iodine and Schultze reagents. Besides, biodegradable, and conventional plastics displayed no color changes with any reagents. The test kit has shown a promising way to assist consumers to make a more informed decision through a simple test. 2023-12-18 Proceeding PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/43859/1/CISA%20Paper%20No%202.pdf Farrah, Wong and Noor Fazilah, Rahmansyah and Sariah, Abang and Seng Kheau, Chung and Aroland, Kiring and Jamal, Ahmad Dargham and Rosalam, Sarbatly (2023) Preliminary Testing of a Color-based Test Kit Detector for Bioplastics. In: 8th International Symposium on Intelligent Informatics (ISl'23), 18-20 Dec 2023, Bangalore, India. (Submitted) https://acn-conference.org/2023/isi2023/
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spellingShingle	T Technology (General) TK Electrical engineering. Electronics Nuclear engineering TP Chemical technology Farrah, Wong Noor Fazilah, Rahmansyah Sariah, Abang Seng Kheau, Chung Aroland, Kiring Jamal, Ahmad Dargham Rosalam, Sarbatly Preliminary Testing of a Color-based Test Kit Detector for Bioplastics
description	Plastic was invented in 1907 by Leo Baekeland who is a Belgian-American Chemist. Since then, his creation has paved the way for the future of polymers. Nowadays, plastics come in different types with multitude of uses ranging from household storage purpose to medical packaging means. However, it also has a negative impact on humanity as well, particularly on the environment and bioplastics is noticeably would be the way forward to achieve a sustainable environment. Bioplastics is synthesized from biomass or other natural material as the new alternative to plastic as it degrades much faster. Eventually, a bioplastic testing kit will be necessary, especially in the market where the use of plastic will be regulated. A prototype test kit based on Arduino and a color sensor was developed to distinguish different plastic types based on their distinct color reactions to specific chemical reagents. The fundamental question was how to create a feasible way to distinguish between cellulose-based, starch-based, biodegradable, and conventional plastics and deal with the accompanying challenges. The reagents applied to the samples included iodine, iodine-CaCl2, and Schultze reagents. Notably, the cellulose-based and starch-based straw samples exhibited a dark purple color change with iodine and dark blue with iodine-CaCl2 and Schultze reagent. In contrast, starch-based singlet bags exhibited brown transforming into purple with iodine and Schultze reagents. Besides, biodegradable, and conventional plastics displayed no color changes with any reagents. The test kit has shown a promising way to assist consumers to make a more informed decision through a simple test.
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author	Farrah, Wong Noor Fazilah, Rahmansyah Sariah, Abang Seng Kheau, Chung Aroland, Kiring Jamal, Ahmad Dargham Rosalam, Sarbatly
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title	Preliminary Testing of a Color-based Test Kit Detector for Bioplastics
title_short	Preliminary Testing of a Color-based Test Kit Detector for Bioplastics
title_full	Preliminary Testing of a Color-based Test Kit Detector for Bioplastics
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