Production of Biodegradable Polymeric Composites with the Addition of Waste
Fernando Antonio da Silva Fernandes,
Juan Carlos Valdés Serra,
Dayriane do Socorro de Oliveira Costa,
Camilo Andrés Guerrero Martin
Affiliations
Fernando Antonio da Silva Fernandes
Department of Engineering (FAE), Campus Salinópolis, Federal University of Pará, Rua Raimundo Santana Cruz, S/N, Bairro São Tomé, Salinópolis 68721-000, PA, Brazil
Juan Carlos Valdés Serra
Laboratory of Composite Materials, Federal University of Tocantins, Quadra 109 Norte Ave. NS-15, ALCNO-14, Master Plan Norte, Palmas 77001-090, TO, Brazil
Dayriane do Socorro de Oliveira Costa
Department of Engineering, Federal University of Rio de Janeiro, Rio de Janeiro 28999-999, RJ, Brazil
Camilo Andrés Guerrero Martin
Laboratório de Operações e Tecnologias Energéticas Aplicadas na Indústria do Petróleo, Faculty of Petroleum Engineering, Federal University of Pará, Salinópolis 68721-000, PA, Brazil
Several solutions have been presented to minimize the environmental impact generated by polymers produced from petroleum resources. This work produced a biopolymer using glycerol, starch (3COOH). The pH was adjusted with sodium hydroxide (NaOH) at a concentration of 0.1 mol·L−1. The characterization was carried out through scanning electron microscopy (SEM), infrared reflectance—FTIR, water solubility, biodegradability and technological properties. Through the results obtained in this work, it is observed that the tensile strength and modulus of elasticity are influenced by the addition of the fiber concentration; the sample that received a 30% addition presented 19.17 MPa and 348.12 MPa, respectively. All samples showed low solubility in water and low density, in addition to a high rate of degradability in soil with mass loss corresponding to 59% over a period of three months. The results of this investigation are satisfactory for the production of materials that can be used in everyday life, replacing conventional plastic.
