Performance of thermoplastic sugar palm starch biopolymers

• Main Authors: Sahari, J., Maleque, Md. Abdul, Sapuan, S.M., Ishak, M.R., Jumaidin, R.
• Format: Book Chapter
• Language: English
• Published: CRC Press 2019
• Subjects: T11.95 Industrial directories; T173.2 Technological change; TA164 Bioengineering; TA401 Materials of engineering and construction; TP1080 Polymers, plastics and their manufacture; TP200 Manufacture and use of chemicals
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/67320/1/67320_Performance%20of%20thermoplastic%20sugar.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/67320/

Starch is a natural polymer obtained by the photosynthesis process of plants from the regeneration of carbon dioxide. Starch is not a real polymer, but the presence of a plasticizer (water and glycerol at high temperature). Sugar Palm Biofibers, Biopolymers, &a...