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Plastic Films Based on Waste Expanded Polystyrene Loaded with Bagasse Powder for Packaging Applications

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Last updated: 01 Jan 2025

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Polymer chemistry

Abstract

Biocomposites of waste expanded polystyrene (EPS) with sugarcane bagasse (SCB) powder were prepared through casting technique to produce plastic films. EPS was plasticized by using dioctyl phthalate (DOP) to overcome the rigidity of the recycled polystyrene and obtain flexible films. The loadings of bagasse powder were (5, 10, 15 and 20) wt. % with respect to polystyrene. The mechanical properties were maintained although some variations arose after loading polystyrene with bagasse. The hardness of these composites increased over that of plasticized polystyrene. The thermal stability of the prepared composites did not deteriorate upon loading EPS with SCB powder. The investigated EPS/SCB films displayed the capability to absorb moisture and to be used in packaging applications.

DOI

10.21608/ejchem.2022.123154.5507

Keywords

Expanded Polystyrene, bagasse, Packaging applications, Plastic films, Biocomposite

Authors

First Name

Hind

Last Name

Saleh

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

Department of Chemistry, College of Science, University of Misan, Maysan, Iraq

Email

hind1980@uomisan.edu.iq

City

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Orcid

0000-0002-9430-7462

First Name

Ahmed

Last Name

Khalil

MiddleName

M.

Affiliation

El Buhouth St., Dokki 12622

Email

akhalil75@yahoo.com

City

Giza

Orcid

0000-0002-4252-8175

Volume

65

Article Issue

11

Related Issue

35761

Issue Date

2022-11-01

Receive Date

2022-02-21

Publish Date

2022-11-01

Page Start

323

Page End

329

Print ISSN

0449-2285

Online ISSN

2357-0245

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/article_223122.html

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https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/service?article_code=223122

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29

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Type Code

297

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Journal

Publication Title

Egyptian Journal of Chemistry

Publication Link

https://ejchem.journals.ekb.eg/

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Plastic Films Based on Waste Expanded Polystyrene Loaded with Bagasse Powder for Packaging Applications

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Article

Created At

22 Jan 2023