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Enhancement of biodegradability and tensile characteristics of composite plastic film with spirulina algal biomass

Algae; Biodegradability; Biodegradable polymers; Biodegradation; Blending; Entertainment industry; Plastic films; Plastics industry; Tensile strength; Biodegradation rate; Blending ratio; Degradation process; Plastics manufacturing; Soil degradation; Solvent casting; Tensile characteristics; Ultimat...

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Main Authors: Guru Moorthy A., Abdul-Latif N.I.S., Ong M.Y., Shamsuddin A.H., Nomanbhay S.
Other Authors: 57217209956
Format: Conference Paper
Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2023
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spelling my.uniten.dspace-254342023-05-29T16:09:22Z Enhancement of biodegradability and tensile characteristics of composite plastic film with spirulina algal biomass Guru Moorthy A. Abdul-Latif N.I.S. Ong M.Y. Shamsuddin A.H. Nomanbhay S. 57217209956 57206183817 57191970824 35779071900 22135844300 Algae; Biodegradability; Biodegradable polymers; Biodegradation; Blending; Entertainment industry; Plastic films; Plastics industry; Tensile strength; Biodegradation rate; Blending ratio; Degradation process; Plastics manufacturing; Soil degradation; Solvent casting; Tensile characteristics; Ultimate tensile strength; Composite films This paper presents the possibility of blending the Spirulina Algae with Poly-Vinyl Alcohol (PVA) in producing composite plastic film with higher biodegradability. In this paper, the tensile characteristics and biodegradation rate of the plastic films with different blending ratio of algae with PVA was investigated. By using solvent casting technique, the composite films with 0%, 5%, 10% and 20% (wt/wt) of algae/PVA were fabricated. The soil degradation results show that the degradation increased as the algal percentage increased. The composite plastic film gave up to ?50% of weight loss after 1 week of degradation process. Besides, by comparing with other study, the soil degradation results of this study suggested that Spirulina Algae can be act as a better blender with PVA in producing plastic film as compared to corn starch. Moreover, the plastic film demonstrated an excellent tensile characteristic with the increment of algal proportional. The ultimate tensile strength, however, remained constant at around 165 MPa for 10% and 20% algae/PVA plastic films, which was higher than the other previous study. With this high ultimate tensile strength, it was suggested that the algae/PVA composite film are more applicable towards heavy-duty plastics manufacturing sectors that requires tough and durable plastic films. In short, the optimal proportion of Spirulina Algae to PVA for the production of composite plastic film is 20 (wt/wt)% as it gave high ultimate tensile strength and at the same time has the highest biodegradability. � Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd. Final 2023-05-29T08:09:22Z 2023-05-29T08:09:22Z 2020 Conference Paper 10.1088/1755-1315/476/1/012139 2-s2.0-85086764174 https://www.scopus.com/inward/record.uri?eid=2-s2.0-85086764174&doi=10.1088%2f1755-1315%2f476%2f1%2f012139&partnerID=40&md5=65f7b78baf71441a5e92c82bb02022f0 https://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/25434 476 1 12139 All Open Access, Bronze Institute of Physics Publishing Scopus
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description Algae; Biodegradability; Biodegradable polymers; Biodegradation; Blending; Entertainment industry; Plastic films; Plastics industry; Tensile strength; Biodegradation rate; Blending ratio; Degradation process; Plastics manufacturing; Soil degradation; Solvent casting; Tensile characteristics; Ultimate tensile strength; Composite films
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Guru Moorthy A.
Abdul-Latif N.I.S.
Ong M.Y.
Shamsuddin A.H.
Nomanbhay S.
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author Guru Moorthy A.
Abdul-Latif N.I.S.
Ong M.Y.
Shamsuddin A.H.
Nomanbhay S.
spellingShingle Guru Moorthy A.
Abdul-Latif N.I.S.
Ong M.Y.
Shamsuddin A.H.
Nomanbhay S.
Enhancement of biodegradability and tensile characteristics of composite plastic film with spirulina algal biomass
author_sort Guru Moorthy A.
title Enhancement of biodegradability and tensile characteristics of composite plastic film with spirulina algal biomass
title_short Enhancement of biodegradability and tensile characteristics of composite plastic film with spirulina algal biomass
title_full Enhancement of biodegradability and tensile characteristics of composite plastic film with spirulina algal biomass
title_fullStr Enhancement of biodegradability and tensile characteristics of composite plastic film with spirulina algal biomass
title_full_unstemmed Enhancement of biodegradability and tensile characteristics of composite plastic film with spirulina algal biomass
title_sort enhancement of biodegradability and tensile characteristics of composite plastic film with spirulina algal biomass
publisher Institute of Physics Publishing
publishDate 2023
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