CHEMISTRY INVESTIGATORY

PROJECT

2020-21

TOPIC : MAKING A PLASTIC FROM

STARCH.
GUIDED BY: MR. MAHENDRA KALRA
SUBMMITED BY: Vanshika vyas
CERTIFICATE
ACKNOWLEDGME
NT ABOUT
1. AIM
2. INTOTRODUCT
ION THEORY
REQUIREMENT
PROCEDURE
CONCLUSION
RESULT
BIBLIOGRAPHY
CERTIFICATE
This is to certify that Vanshika vyas of class
XII has completed the chemistry
project entitled “MAKING A PLASTIC FROM
STARCH” herself and under my guidance. The
progress of the project has been continuously
reported and has been in my knowledge
consistently.

INTERNAL EXTERNAL
EXAMINER EXAMINER

principal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
I would like to express my profound
and appreciation to those who helped
me with this project, for their time
expended and for sharing their insights
about the project. I have been
immeasurably enriched by working
under the
guidance and supervision of MAHENDRA
KALRA PGT CHEMISTRY, who has a
great level of knowledge and has an art
of encouraging, Correcting and directing
me in every situation possible, which has
enabled me to complete the project. I
would also like to thank all the people
who have helped me in this project and
appreciate the available sources who
provided me with the research papers.
 ABOUT
Aim: Making a PLASTIC from STArch
Introduction : Plastic pollution is currently one of
the biggest environmental concerns. Synthetic
Plastics are made up of long chain of molecules
(polymer) containing repeated units of carbon atoms
(monomer). These Synthetic polymers has extremely
strong carbon-carbon bond with each other.
Because of this inherent molecular stability, plastics do
not breakdown into simpler components easily.
So to find the alternative of this problem I made a
successful attempt to make a biodegradable
plastic. We say it Biodegradable because natural
organisms are capable of breaking the material down
into smaller parts. We use starch
polymer(Amylose) which is biodegradable in nature
and hence successfully converted to replacement of
plastic.
 THEORY

Why we chose starch?

Starch is made of long chains o f glucose molecules joined

together. Strictly, it co ntains two polymers: amyl ose, which is
straight cha ined , and amylo pectin, which is branched.
Glucose(simple sugar) is essential for life, that being the reaso n
many organisms from bacteria to human break starch into
simple sugar(glucose).
How it degrades into simple sugar?
Starch is a chain of simple sug ar monomers called glucose the
bonds that connect then are called glycosidic bonds an
enzyme called amylase helps break sugar part by fitting
between two monomers. A water molecule is absorbed is
order to break the glycosidic bond between two monomer s in
a process called hydrolysis.
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 REQUIREMENT

1. Potato starch
2. Propan-1,2,3-triol (glycerol)
3.Hydrochloric acid
4. Sodium hydroxide
5. Spirit lamp
.Tripod
7.Universal Indicator paper
8.Stirring rod
9.China dish
 PROCEDURE

1. Start the experiment by placing tripod over a Spirit lamp

with china dish at above it.

2. Add some water into the china dish. Note: If too much water
is used, the polymer does not so lidify and remains a liquid

3. Then add starch little by little with continuous stir. Avoid

making air bubbles. Note: When starch is dried from an aqueous
solution it forms a film as a result of hydrogen bonding between
the chains

4. Add some HCl into the mixture. Note: After step 3 However,
the amylopectininhibits the formation of the film. The addition
of hydrochloric acid breaks the amylopectin down, allowing a
more satisfactory film formation

5. Add propan1,2,3-triol in suitable amount. Note: The addition

of propan-1,2,3-triol has an effect because of its hydroscopic
(water attracting) properties. Water bound to the propan-1,2,3-
triol gets in amongst the starch chains and inhibits the
formation of crystalline areas, preventing brittleness and
resulting in more ‘plastic’ properties.
6. To neutralize HCl add some NaOH into it.

7. After you observe it forming like Plastic film or Vaseline

like gel lay it down to flat surface.
8. Spread it into long sheet of desired thickness.

9. let it dry properly for at least an hour properly.

10. Peal it out from the surface. And your plastic is formed.
Mixing of chemicals at raised
temperature

Making thin sheet of plastic.

 CONCLUSION
Thus we obtain a fair looking plastic. Things that could
be done better is to pierce o ut plastic properly once its
prepared and little food colour can be added for good
appearance

RESULT
We obtained a Plastic piece which demonstrates that starch
can be used to make plastic
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