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Enhancement of biodegradability and tensile characteristics of composite plastic film with spirulina algal biomass

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dc.contributor.authorGuru Moorthy A.en_US
dc.contributor.authorAbdul-Latif N.I.S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorOng M.Y.en_US
dc.contributor.authorShamsuddin A.H.en_US
dc.contributor.authorNomanbhay S.en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57217209956en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57206183817en_US
dc.contributor.authorid57191970824en_US
dc.contributor.authorid35779071900en_US
dc.contributor.authorid22135844300en_US
dc.date.accessioned2023-05-29T08:09:22Z
dc.date.available2023-05-29T08:09:22Z
dc.date.issued2020
dc.descriptionAlgae; Biodegradability; Biodegradable polymers; Biodegradation; Blending; Entertainment industry; Plastic films; Plastics industry; Tensile strength; Biodegradation rate; Blending ratio; Degradation process; Plastics manufacturing; Soil degradation; Solvent casting; Tensile characteristics; Ultimate tensile strength; Composite filmsen_US
dc.description.abstractThis paper presents the possibility of blending the Spirulina Algae with Poly-Vinyl Alcohol (PVA) in producing composite plastic film with higher biodegradability. In this paper, the tensile characteristics and biodegradation rate of the plastic films with different blending ratio of algae with PVA was investigated. By using solvent casting technique, the composite films with 0%, 5%, 10% and 20% (wt/wt) of algae/PVA were fabricated. The soil degradation results show that the degradation increased as the algal percentage increased. The composite plastic film gave up to ?50% of weight loss after 1 week of degradation process. Besides, by comparing with other study, the soil degradation results of this study suggested that Spirulina Algae can be act as a better blender with PVA in producing plastic film as compared to corn starch. Moreover, the plastic film demonstrated an excellent tensile characteristic with the increment of algal proportional. The ultimate tensile strength, however, remained constant at around 165 MPa for 10% and 20% algae/PVA plastic films, which was higher than the other previous study. With this high ultimate tensile strength, it was suggested that the algae/PVA composite film are more applicable towards heavy-duty plastics manufacturing sectors that requires tough and durable plastic films. In short, the optimal proportion of Spirulina Algae to PVA for the production of composite plastic film is 20 (wt/wt)% as it gave high ultimate tensile strength and at the same time has the highest biodegradability. � Published under licence by IOP Publishing Ltd.en_US
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dc.identifier.ArtNo12139
dc.identifier.doi10.1088/1755-1315/476/1/012139
dc.identifier.issue1
dc.identifier.scopus2-s2.0-85086764174
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dc.identifier.urihttps://irepository.uniten.edu.my/handle/123456789/25434
dc.identifier.volume476
dc.publisherInstitute of Physics Publishingen_US
dc.relation.ispartofAll Open Access, Bronze
dc.sourceScopus
dc.sourcetitleIOP Conference Series: Earth and Environmental Science
dc.titleEnhancement of biodegradability and tensile characteristics of composite plastic film with spirulina algal biomassen_US
dc.typeConference Paperen_US
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