Proposal of New Starch-Blends Composition Quickly Degradable in Marine Environment

Agnieszka Guzman-Sielicka; Helena Janik; Przemysław Sielicki

doi:10.1007/s10924-012-0558-7

Proposal of New Starch-Blends Composition Quickly Degradable in Marine Environment

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The aim of this paper was to obtain a quickly degradable in seawater polymer blend as an alternative proposal for classical polymer packaging. For preliminary studies: poly(lactic acid) (PLA), starch, calcium carbonate (CaCO3), gelatin and glycerol were chosen. PLA was pointed out due to its biodegradability and comparable properties to polyethylene or polypropylene. Whereas starch was chosen as abundant, renewable and cheap polymer (similarly as CaCO3). The processing of starch demands its transformation into thermoplastic material by addition of plasticizer, therefore glycerol was used. Gelatin as another polymer from renewable resources, was added to improve disintegration/biodegradability properties and reduce the price of the blends

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Category:: Articles
Type:: artykuł w czasopiśmie wyróżnionym w JCR
Published in:: JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT no. 21, edition 3, pages 802 - 806,
ISSN: 1566-2543
Language:: English
Publication year:: 2013
Bibliographic description:: Guzman-Sielicka A., Janik H., Sielicki P.: Proposal of New Starch-Blends Composition Quickly Degradable in Marine Environment// JOURNAL OF POLYMERS AND THE ENVIRONMENT. -Vol. 21, iss. 3 (2013), s.802-806
DOI:: Digital Object Identifier (open in new tab) 10.1007/s10924-012-0558-7
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