Oil Palm Empty Bunches as an Alternative Raw Material for Making Bioplastics
- DOI
- 10.2991/ahe.k.210205.019How to use a DOI?
- Keywords
- bioplastics, biodegradable, plasticizer, palm bunch, biodegradable plastics
- Abstract
The purpose of this research is to obtain bioplastics that are biodegradable and safe if disposed of in the environment. This bioplastic is made using Empty Bunches and white rice and plasticizer. White rice flour as a source of starch with variations in the addition of chitosan additives and glycerol plastilizer. The analysis of the biodegradable plastic products produced was tested for physical and mechanical characteristics such as thickness, water resistance test (%), biodegradation rate (%), and tensile strength (MPa). The method used is by mixing the starch from the mixture of empty bunches and white rice and adding glycerol and chitosan plasticizers. The mixture is heated at a temperature of 70 - 80 0C for 60 minutes. Data from the analysis of Biodegradable plastics products showed that the more glycerol and starch added, the greater the tensile strength and the percentage of elongation. Bioplastics produced From the data, it can be seen that 1.2 grams of chitosan has the best water resistance compared to the others, which is valued at 78.02%. This is due to the hydrophobic nature of chitosan and insoluble in water. So, the greater the chitosan concentration, the greater the % water resistance and the better the plastic resistance to water.
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- © 2021, the Authors. Published by Atlantis Press.
- Open Access
- This is an open access article distributed under the CC BY-NC license (http://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc/4.0/).
Cite this article
TY - CONF AU - A Husaini AU - M Zaman AU - S Chodijah AU - Hilwatullisan AU - Ibrahim PY - 2021 DA - 2021/02/09 TI - Oil Palm Empty Bunches as an Alternative Raw Material for Making Bioplastics BT - Proceedings of the 4th Forum in Research, Science, and Technology (FIRST-T1-T2-2020) PB - Atlantis Press SP - 103 EP - 106 SN - 2589-4943 UR - https://doi.org/10.2991/ahe.k.210205.019 DO - 10.2991/ahe.k.210205.019 ID - Husaini2021 ER -