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Vegetable oil-based polymers : properties, processing and applications /

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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 provide...

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Bibliographic Details
Main Author: Karak, Niranjan
Corporate Author: ScienceDirect (Online service)
Format: eBook
Language:English
Published: Cambridge, UK ; Philadelphia : Woodhead Publishing, 2012.
Series:Woodhead Publishing in materials.
Subjects:
Plant polymers.
Biopolymers.
Plants > Composition.
Biopolymers
Polymères végétaux.
Biopolymères.
Plantes > Composition.
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Engineering (General)
TECHNOLOGY & ENGINEERING > Reference.
Plant polymers
Plants > Composition
Electronic books.
Online Access:Connect to the full text of this electronic book
Table of Contents:
  • Fundamentals of polymers
  • Biodegradable polymers
  • Vegetable oils and their derivatives
  • Vegetable oil-based polyesters
  • Vegetable oil-based poly(ester amide)s
  • Vegetable oil-based polyurethanes
  • Vegetable oil-based epoxies
  • Polyamides, polyolefins and other vegetable oil-based polymers
  • Vegetable oil-based hyperbranched polymers
  • Vegetable oil-based polymer composites
  • Vegetable oil-based polymer nanocomposites.