Effect of crosslinker composition on strength and thermal properties of polyvinyl alcohol /sago starch film / Norfaizah Amru

Biodegradable film and plastic from starch and polyvinyl alcohol have many applications including mulch film, drug delivery systems and medicinal use. The aim of this study was to investigate whether starch and polyvinyl alcohol could be a compatible system with and without crosslinker. Free films o...

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Main Author: Amru, Norfaizah
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spelling my-uitm-ir.137052017-01-20T08:44:15Z Effect of crosslinker composition on strength and thermal properties of polyvinyl alcohol /sago starch film / Norfaizah Amru 2009 Amru, Norfaizah Polymers. Macromolecules Plastics Polyvinyl chloride Biodegradable film and plastic from starch and polyvinyl alcohol have many applications including mulch film, drug delivery systems and medicinal use. The aim of this study was to investigate whether starch and polyvinyl alcohol could be a compatible system with and without crosslinker. Free films of these polymers were produced by casting and investigated with respect to their mechanical properties and moisture uptake.The moisture uptake was found to be substantially higher when higher polyvinyl alcohol was incorporated. The films had a lower failure stress under tension than the corresponding glycerol-free films. In this research, Sago starch is physically mixed with different amount of polyvinyl alcohol to modify the mechanical properties and thermal properties of sago starch. Improvement of tensile strength and elongation properties of sago starch / polyvinyl film were obtained with use of Cross linking agent such as Malonic Acid and Glyoxal. Characterisation made using Differential Scanning Calorimetric( DSC) showed significant difference between their melting or gelation transition. Spectra for scanned sample from Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) showed strong absorption of carbonyl aldehyde group with crosslinked system. Improve strength and thermal gelation temperature of Sago starch/Polyvinyl Alcohol film were found for crosslinked system. 20% of glyoxal content was found to give optimum strength for sago starch/poly vinyl alcohol film. All the experiment were conducted at Laboratory Polymer 211, 410, 411 at Applied Science Faculty, UiTM Shah Alam,Selangor. 2009 Thesis https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13705/ https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13705/1/TD_NORFAIZAH%20AMRU%20AS%2009_5%201.pdf text en public other degree Universiti Teknologi MARA Faculty of Applied Sciences
institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
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topic Polymers
Macromolecules
Plastics
Polyvinyl chloride
spellingShingle Polymers
Macromolecules
Plastics
Polyvinyl chloride
Amru, Norfaizah
Effect of crosslinker composition on strength and thermal properties of polyvinyl alcohol /sago starch film / Norfaizah Amru
description Biodegradable film and plastic from starch and polyvinyl alcohol have many applications including mulch film, drug delivery systems and medicinal use. The aim of this study was to investigate whether starch and polyvinyl alcohol could be a compatible system with and without crosslinker. Free films of these polymers were produced by casting and investigated with respect to their mechanical properties and moisture uptake.The moisture uptake was found to be substantially higher when higher polyvinyl alcohol was incorporated. The films had a lower failure stress under tension than the corresponding glycerol-free films. In this research, Sago starch is physically mixed with different amount of polyvinyl alcohol to modify the mechanical properties and thermal properties of sago starch. Improvement of tensile strength and elongation properties of sago starch / polyvinyl film were obtained with use of Cross linking agent such as Malonic Acid and Glyoxal. Characterisation made using Differential Scanning Calorimetric( DSC) showed significant difference between their melting or gelation transition. Spectra for scanned sample from Fourier Transform Infra Red (FTIR) showed strong absorption of carbonyl aldehyde group with crosslinked system. Improve strength and thermal gelation temperature of Sago starch/Polyvinyl Alcohol film were found for crosslinked system. 20% of glyoxal content was found to give optimum strength for sago starch/poly vinyl alcohol film. All the experiment were conducted at Laboratory Polymer 211, 410, 411 at Applied Science Faculty, UiTM Shah Alam,Selangor.
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author Amru, Norfaizah
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title Effect of crosslinker composition on strength and thermal properties of polyvinyl alcohol /sago starch film / Norfaizah Amru
title_short Effect of crosslinker composition on strength and thermal properties of polyvinyl alcohol /sago starch film / Norfaizah Amru
title_full Effect of crosslinker composition on strength and thermal properties of polyvinyl alcohol /sago starch film / Norfaizah Amru
title_fullStr Effect of crosslinker composition on strength and thermal properties of polyvinyl alcohol /sago starch film / Norfaizah Amru
title_full_unstemmed Effect of crosslinker composition on strength and thermal properties of polyvinyl alcohol /sago starch film / Norfaizah Amru
title_sort effect of crosslinker composition on strength and thermal properties of polyvinyl alcohol /sago starch film / norfaizah amru
granting_institution Universiti Teknologi MARA
granting_department Faculty of Applied Sciences
publishDate 2009
url https://ir.uitm.edu.my/id/eprint/13705/1/TD_NORFAIZAH%20AMRU%20AS%2009_5%201.pdf
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