迈向循环生物经济:探索茎粉膜作为一次性使用应用中的塑料替代品
Atitiya Namphonsane1, Phattarakarn Suwannachat1, Chin Hua Chia2
1Center of Sustainable Energy and Green Materials, Faculty of Science, Mahidol University, Phuttamonthon 4 Road, Nakhon Pathom 73170, Thailand.
Membranes
|May 26, 2023
概括
研究人员从茎废物中制造出一种可生物降解的粉膜,为包装提供了石油基塑料的可持续替代品. 这种环保材料具有耐水性,耐热密封性,并在一个月内完全可生物降解.
科学领域:
- 材料科学 材料科学 材料科学
- 聚合物科学 聚合物科学
- 可持续材料 可持续材料
背景情况:
- 基于石油的塑料由于其非生物降解性而带来了环境挑战.
- 在一次性包装应用中,对可持续替代品的需求越来越大.
- 茎废物代表了一个未充分利用的生物质资源.
研究的目的:
- 从茎废物中开发一种可生物降解的粉膜.
- 评估薄膜作为石油基薄膜的替代品在强度要求较低的应用中.
- 调查添加剂对薄膜机械和物理性能的影响.
主要方法:
- 从茎中提取的高粉被用作基质.
- 甘油和酸被纳入作为塑化剂和交叉链接剂.
- 酸含量根据粉的重量从0%到15%不等.
- 评估了机械性能 (强度,延长),耐水性,热密封性和生物降解性.
主要成果:
- 薄膜表现出一系列的机械性能,从21.5 MPa强度/2.9%延伸到6.8 MPa强度/35.7%延伸.
- 酸含量增加导致了更软,更弱的薄膜,在断裂时具有更大的延伸.
- 开发的薄膜证明了耐水性和热密封性.
- X射线衍射证实了半晶体结构.
- 土壤埋葬测试显示,在一个月内完全解体.
结论:
- 可生物降解的粉薄膜可以成功地从茎废物中开发出来.
- 薄膜的特性可以通过调整酸含量来适应特定的一次性应用来定制.
- 这种衍生膜为传统塑料提供了一个有希望的,环保的替代品.
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