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Mechanical and water barrier properties of corn-protein-based biodegradable plastics

Published online by Cambridge University Press:  31 January 2011

Lodovico di Gioia ,
Bernard Cuq  and
Stéphane Guilbert
Lodovico di Gioia
Affiliation:
Unitdé Technologie des Céréales et des Agro-polymères, ENSA.M/INRA, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
Bernard Cuq
Affiliation:
Unitdé Technologie des Céréales et des Agro-polymères, ENSA.M/INRA, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
Stéphane Guilbert*
Affiliation:
Unitdé Technologie des Céréales et des Agro-polymères, ENSA.M/INRA, 2 Place Viala, 34060 Montpellier Cedex 1, France
*
a)Address all correspondence to this author.guilbert@ensam.inra.fr
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Abstract

Experiments were performed to evaluate the mechanical and water barrier properties of corn-protein-based materials that were compression molded from thermoplastic resins. The influence of varying concentrations of water, glycerol, and octanoic acid was studied. At 0% relative humidity, the material exhibited a linear elastic deformation and a brittle fracture at any glycerol or octanoic acid content. Raising relative humidity from 0% to 97.3%, progressively decreased the tensile strength (from 24.1 to 2.2 MPa and 19.4 to 1.0 MPa), and the modulus of elasticity (from 1.67 to 0.03 GPa and 1.87 to 0.13 GPa), respectively, for the octanoic acid- or glycerol-plasticized materials. Increasing water content did not increase the tensile strain at break of the glycerol-plasticized material, whereas this parameter changed from 1.6 to 52.3% for octanoic-acid-plasticized material. This last material was waterproof during 21 h and its water transmission rate was then 0.05 mmolmm-2 s -1. Differences in water absorption were related to plasticizer solubility and material structure.

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Journal of Materials Research , Volume 15 , Issue 12 , December 2000 , pp. 2612 - 2619
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Copyright © Materials Research Society 2000

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