DOCUMENTATION

Treatment of wood flour

Weighing and sieving of wood flour.

Treatment using acetic acid.

 Production of Bioplastic

Weighing and agitation of chitosan for pure chitosan bioplastic production.

Weighing and agitation of chitosan for chitosan-glycerol bioplastic production.

Weighing and agitation of chitosan for chitosan – wood flour bioplastic production.
Settling of agitated pure chitosan mixture, chitosan-wood flour mixture and chitosan-glycerol
mixture (from left to right) to remove formation of bubbles before casting.

Casting of pure chitosan mixture, chitosan-wood flour mixture and chitosan-glycerol mixture
(from left to right).
Produced pure chitosan bioplastic, chitosan-wood flour bioplastic and chitosan-glycerol
bioplastic (from left to right).

Test of Chemical Properties of Produced Bioplastics

 Compostability test.

Determination of specific gravity.

Heat stability test.

Marine flotation and degradation test.

Reaction to acid and base

Heat Stability Test