Abstract

Due to the negative environmental impacts of synthetic plastics, the development of biodegradable plastics for both industrial and commercial applications is essential today. Researchers have developed various starch-based composites for different applications. The present work investigates the corn starch based bio plastic with filler. Glycerol was used as a plasticizing agent. Different parameters such as elongation, solubility in different solvents such as chloroform, ethanol, water, diethyl ether and folding endurance were tested. Morphological characteristics of produced bio plastic was also analyzed by SEM-EDS. Results showed that the bio plastics were completely soluble in water and partially soluble in ethanol, diethyl ether and chloroform and it has only one folding ability. SEM report shows that the surface is homogenous and crystal formation is visible.

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