Gelatin (binder) characterization of jackfruit seed starch for biodegradable plastic fabrication / Nur Hanisah Mohamad

Mohamad, Nur Hanisah (2017) Gelatin (binder) characterization of jackfruit seed starch for biodegradable plastic fabrication / Nur Hanisah Mohamad. [Student Project] (Unpublished)

Abstract

The main objective of this research is to fabricate biodegradable plastic from
jackfruit seed starch and gelatin blend. Gelatin is used as a binder while glycerol
is used as a plasticizer. Mechanical and degradability properties of the jackfruit
seed starch and gelatin (1 : 0.1, 1 : 0.2, 1 : 0.3 and 1 : 1) blend were investigated.
It was found that the tensile strength and elongation at break increasing with the
increasing in gelatin content. The sample with ratio 1 : 1 has the highest tensile
strength and elongation at break which is 851.015 MPa and 5.502%. FTIR
spectroscopy showed that the composition with the highest amount of gelatin (l :
1) has higher biodegradability rate compared to the lowest amount of gelatin (1 :
0.1)

Metadata

Item Type:	Student Project
Creators:	Creators Email / ID Num. Mohamad, Nur Hanisah UNSPECIFIED
Subjects:	Q Science > QC Physics > Composite materials Q Science > QD Chemistry > Organic chemistry > Polymers. Macromolecules T Technology > TP Chemical technology > Polymers and polymer manufacture
Divisions:	Universiti Teknologi MARA, Pahang > Jengka Campus > Faculty of Applied Sciences
Programme:	Bachelor of Science (Hons.) Physics
Keywords:	Fabricate biodegradable plastic, Jackfruit seed starch, Gelatin blend, Gelatin is used as a binder, Glycerol is used as a plasticizer, Mechanical and degradability properties
Date:	2017
URI:	https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/23795