Production of plastic from sea algae

This research provides the information that related to a production of plastic from sea algae. The aim of this research was to produce the plastic from sea algae. Basically, the sea algae contain a large quantity of polymer protein and carbohydrates which is about 50 to 70 percent of its composition...

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Main Author: Saodah, Ali
Format: Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:English
Published: 2010
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spelling ump-34072015-03-03T08:00:59Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3407/ Production of plastic from sea algae Saodah, Ali TP Chemical technology This research provides the information that related to a production of plastic from sea algae. The aim of this research was to produce the plastic from sea algae. Basically, the sea algae contain a large quantity of polymer protein and carbohydrates which is about 50 to 70 percent of its composition. Algae can be produced as a plastic by manipulating or doing structural changes to the polymer structure of the algae which is called as protein denaturation process. In a protein denaturation, the chemical agents; the combination of sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS, sodium sulfite and urea were used to unfold the complex structure of protein polymer of algae. The procedures that involved in this production of plastic from sea algae were cutting, compounding, drying, and hot pressing. During compounding, the additives were added such as starch, fiber and plasticizer. The plastic was produced by using hot press machine at different temperature ranging from 110oC to 80oC and pressure is less than 10MPa. As the result obtained, formulation of sample with starch addition shows best performance which shows almost like a plastic characteristic. As a conclusion, a lot of works need to be done in order to produce better result, so that the plastic with the best characteristic can be produced. For further research, it is recommended that the extrusion process is used because it would be easier; in fact, it is most applicable in plastic production industry. 2010-04 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3407/1/CD5916_SAODAH_ALI.pdf Saodah, Ali (2010) Production of plastic from sea algae. Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang.
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Production of plastic from sea algae
description This research provides the information that related to a production of plastic from sea algae. The aim of this research was to produce the plastic from sea algae. Basically, the sea algae contain a large quantity of polymer protein and carbohydrates which is about 50 to 70 percent of its composition. Algae can be produced as a plastic by manipulating or doing structural changes to the polymer structure of the algae which is called as protein denaturation process. In a protein denaturation, the chemical agents; the combination of sodium dodecyl sulfate, SDS, sodium sulfite and urea were used to unfold the complex structure of protein polymer of algae. The procedures that involved in this production of plastic from sea algae were cutting, compounding, drying, and hot pressing. During compounding, the additives were added such as starch, fiber and plasticizer. The plastic was produced by using hot press machine at different temperature ranging from 110oC to 80oC and pressure is less than 10MPa. As the result obtained, formulation of sample with starch addition shows best performance which shows almost like a plastic characteristic. As a conclusion, a lot of works need to be done in order to produce better result, so that the plastic with the best characteristic can be produced. For further research, it is recommended that the extrusion process is used because it would be easier; in fact, it is most applicable in plastic production industry.
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author Saodah, Ali
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title Production of plastic from sea algae
title_short Production of plastic from sea algae
title_full Production of plastic from sea algae
title_fullStr Production of plastic from sea algae
title_full_unstemmed Production of plastic from sea algae
title_sort production of plastic from sea algae
publishDate 2010
url http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3407/
http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3407/1/CD5916_SAODAH_ALI.pdf
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