Polymers from renewable materials
With the World facing depletion of its oil reserves, attention is being focused on how the plastics industry will address shortages and price increases in its crucial raw materials. One renewable resource is that of vegetable oils and fats and about a dozen crop plants make up the main vegetable oil...
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uthm-38682015-01-22T03:49:03Z Polymers from renewable materials Mohd Rus, Anika Zafiah TP1080-1185 Polymers and polymer manufacture With the World facing depletion of its oil reserves, attention is being focused on how the plastics industry will address shortages and price increases in its crucial raw materials. One renewable resource is that of vegetable oils and fats and about a dozen crop plants make up the main vegetable oil-seed market. The main constituents of these oils are saturated and unsaturated fatty acids that are unique to the plant in which they have been developed. Moreover, technological processes can produce more well-defined and pure oils, and the fatty acid contents in the vegetable oils can be altered with modern crop development techniques. This account describes recent advances in utilizing such vegetable oils in sourcing new polymeric materials. It also gives the context for the development of polymers based on renewable materials in general. Science Reviews 2000 Ltd 2010 Article PeerReviewed application/pdf http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3868/1/anika_zafiah_2_U.pdf http://dx.doi.org/10.3184/003685010X12797251639519 Mohd Rus, Anika Zafiah (2010) Polymers from renewable materials. Science Progress, 93 (3). pp. 285-200. ISSN 0036-8504 http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3868/ |
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With the World facing depletion of its oil reserves, attention is
being focused on how the plastics industry will address shortages
and price increases in its crucial raw materials. One renewable
resource is that of vegetable oils and fats and about a dozen crop
plants make up the main vegetable oil-seed market. The main
constituents of these oils are saturated and unsaturated fatty acids
that are unique to the plant in which they have been developed.
Moreover, technological processes can produce more well-defined
and pure oils, and the fatty acid contents in the vegetable oils can
be altered with modern crop development techniques. This account
describes recent advances in utilizing such vegetable oils in
sourcing new polymeric materials. It also gives the context for the
development of polymers based on renewable materials in general. |
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Mohd Rus, Anika Zafiah |
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Polymers from renewable materials |
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Polymers from renewable materials |
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Polymers from renewable materials |
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Polymers from renewable materials |
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Polymers from renewable materials |
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Science Reviews 2000 Ltd |
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2010 |
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http://dx.doi.org/10.3184/003685010X12797251639519 http://dx.doi.org/10.3184/003685010X12797251639519 http://eprints.uthm.edu.my/3868/1/anika_zafiah_2_U.pdf |
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