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Vegetable Oil-Based Polymers
Properties, Processing and Applications
Niranjan Karak (Author)
9780857097101, Elsevier Science
Hardback, published 10 July 2012
336 pages
23.3 x 15.6 x 2.4 cm, 0.66 kg
The growing need to find a sustainable, environmentally-friendly replacement for petroleum-based materials is fuelling the development of bio-based polymers from renewable resources. Amongst the most promising of these are vegetable oil-based polymeric materials. Vegetable oil-based polymers provides a comprehensive review of the research in this important field.
After an introduction to classification and polymerization, Vegetable oil-based polymers goes on to review the factors involved in polymer biodegradation. The extraction, purification and application of vegetable oils are then explored, along with vegetable oil-based polyesters and poly(ester amide)s, polyurethanes and epoxies. The book then reviews polyamides, polyolefins and vegetable oil-based hyperbranched polymers. It concludes with an analysis of vegetable oil-based polymer composites and polymer nanocomposites.
Vegetable oil-based polymers is an indispensable guide for all those involved in the research and development of biopolymers as well as the wide range of industries looking for more sustainable polymer materials.
Author contact details List of abbreviations and symbols Dedication Preface Acknowlegement Chapter 1: Fundamentals of polymers Abstract: 1.1 Introduction 1.2 Classification 1.3 Raw materials for polymers 1.4 Polymerisation process 1.5 Polymerisation techniques 1.6 Modifications 1.7 Characterisation 1.8 Structure and properties 1.9 Additives and processing 1.10 Applications 1.11 Future Challenges for polymers 1.12 Revision questions Chapter 2: Biodegradable polymers Abstract: 2.1 Introduction 2.2 Definition of biodegradable polymers 2.3 Background 2.4 Classification 2.5 Factors affecting biodegradation 2.6 Approaches to biodegradable polymers 2.7 Biopolymers 2.8 Mechanisms of biodegradation 2.9 Biodegradation testing methods 2.10 Applications 2.11 Current status and future trends 2.12 Revision questions Chapter 3: Vegetable oils and their derivatives Abstract: 3.1 Introduction 3.2 Classification 3.3 Extraction 3.4 Purification 3.5 Storage 3.6 Characterisation 3.7 Structure and properties 3.8 Vegetable oils used in industry and research and development 3.9 Industrial oleochemicals 3.10 Applications 3.11 Revision questions Chapter 4: Vegetable oil-based polyesters Abstract: 4.1 Introduction 4.2 Classification 4.3 Raw materials 4.4 Preparation or resinification 4.5 Modification 4.6 Characterisation 4.7 Structure and properties 4.8 Applications 4.9 Revision questions Chapter 5: Vegetable oil-based poly(ester amide)s Abstract: 5.1 Introduction 5.2 Materials and methods 5.3 Preparation or resinification 5.4 Modification 5.5 Curing 5.6 Characterisation 5.7 Structure and properties 5.8 Applications 5.9 Revision questions Chapter 6: Vegetable oil-based polyurethanes Abstract: 6.1 Introduction 6.2 Classification 6.3 Materials and methods 6.4 Preparation techniques 6.5 Modification 6.6 Characterisation 6.7 Structure and properties 6.8 Applications 6.9 Revision questions Chapter 7: Vegetable oil-based epoxies Abstract: 7.1 Introduction 7.2 Classification 7.3 Materials and methods 7.4 Modifications 7.5 Curing 7.6 Characterisation 7.7 Structure and properties 7.8 Applications 7.9 Revision questions Chapter 8: Polyamides, polyolefins and other vegetable oil-based polymers Abstract: 8.1 Introduction 8.2 Materials and methods 8.3 Engineering polymers 8.4 Addition polymers 8.5 Structure and properties 8.6 Applications 8.7 Revision questions Chapter 9: Vegetable oil-based hyperbranched polymers Abstract: 9.1 Introduction 9.2 Comparison with conventional polymers 9.3 Preparative methodology 9.4 Modification 9.5 Characterisation 9.6 Structure and properties 9.7 Applications 9.8 Future trends and challenges 9.9 Revision questions Chapter 10: Vegetable oil-based polymer composites Abstract: 10.1 Introduction 10.2 Classification 10.3 Materials and methods 10.4 Testing and analysis 10.5 Performance of composites 10.6 Varieties of vegetable oil-based polymer composites 10.7 Applications 10.8 Concluding remarks 10.9 Revision questions Chapter 11: Vegetable oil-based polymer nanocomposites Abstract: 11.1 Introduction 11.2 Significance 11.3 Classification 11.4 Comparison with conventional polymer composites 11.5 Nanomaterials 11.6 Preparative methodologies 11.7 Characterisation 11.8 Properties 11.9 Varieties of vegetable oil-based polymer nanocomposites 11.10 Applications 11.11 Concluding remarks 11.12 Revision questions Index
Subject Areas: Materials science [TGM], Plastics & polymers technology [TDCP]
