Production of plastic from marine algae

The two objectives of this research are to produce plastic that is environmental friendly whereby the plastic produced can be at least slightly decomposed to smaller substances by the living organisms from marine algae and also to characterize the plastic that have been produced from the marine alga...

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Main Author:	Paveswari, Sithambaranathan
Format:	Undergraduates Project Papers
Language:	English
Published:	2011
Subjects:	TP Chemical technology
Online Access:	http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3262/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3262/ http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3262/1/CD5490_PAVESWARI_AP_SITHAMBARAN.pdf

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spelling	ump-32622015-03-03T08:00:13Z http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3262/ Production of plastic from marine algae Paveswari, Sithambaranathan TP Chemical technology The two objectives of this research are to produce plastic that is environmental friendly whereby the plastic produced can be at least slightly decomposed to smaller substances by the living organisms from marine algae and also to characterize the plastic that have been produced from the marine algae via mechanical and physical testing. In this study, algae which are Red Eucheuma cottonii are the raw material whereby Low Density Poly Ethylene (LDPE) is the additional plasticizer which aids in the plastic production. Chemical pretreatment was carried out on samples. The samples were then extruded by using twin screw extruder at temperature of 150 ºC and 50 RPM. The extruded samples are then inject molded and characterize by using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), melt flow index (MFI), tensile testing and density test. From the results obtained, it was found out that this species of algae is not suitable to be the raw material due to the weak properties of intermediate product which is the product after the extrusion process. During the experiments, those algae were difficult to extrude due to easier moisture absorbance from the environment that lead to failure in injection molding during the sample preparation. Hence it can be concluded that the formulation using this species are not suitable for injection molding purpose. 2011-04 Undergraduates Project Papers NonPeerReviewed application/pdf en http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/3262/1/CD5490_PAVESWARI_AP_SITHAMBARAN.pdf Paveswari, Sithambaranathan (2011) Production of plastic from marine algae. Faculty of Chemical & Natural Resources Engineering, Universiti Malaysia Pahang. http://iportal.ump.edu.my/lib/item?id=chamo:56385&theme=UMP2
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spellingShingle	TP Chemical technology Paveswari, Sithambaranathan Production of plastic from marine algae
description	The two objectives of this research are to produce plastic that is environmental friendly whereby the plastic produced can be at least slightly decomposed to smaller substances by the living organisms from marine algae and also to characterize the plastic that have been produced from the marine algae via mechanical and physical testing. In this study, algae which are Red Eucheuma cottonii are the raw material whereby Low Density Poly Ethylene (LDPE) is the additional plasticizer which aids in the plastic production. Chemical pretreatment was carried out on samples. The samples were then extruded by using twin screw extruder at temperature of 150 ºC and 50 RPM. The extruded samples are then inject molded and characterize by using Fourier Transform Infrared Spectroscopy (FTIR), melt flow index (MFI), tensile testing and density test. From the results obtained, it was found out that this species of algae is not suitable to be the raw material due to the weak properties of intermediate product which is the product after the extrusion process. During the experiments, those algae were difficult to extrude due to easier moisture absorbance from the environment that lead to failure in injection molding during the sample preparation. Hence it can be concluded that the formulation using this species are not suitable for injection molding purpose.
format	Undergraduates Project Papers
author	Paveswari, Sithambaranathan
author_facet	Paveswari, Sithambaranathan
author_sort	Paveswari, Sithambaranathan
title	Production of plastic from marine algae
title_short	Production of plastic from marine algae
title_full	Production of plastic from marine algae
title_fullStr	Production of plastic from marine algae
title_full_unstemmed	Production of plastic from marine algae
title_sort	production of plastic from marine algae
publishDate	2011
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