Vegetable Oil-Based Polymers: Properties, Processing And Applications By: Karak, N Publisher: Woodhead Publishing Print ISBN: 9780857097101, 0857097105 eText ISBN: 9780857097149 Pages: 336 Format: EPUB Available from $ 240.00 USD SKU 9780857097149 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 provides a comprehensive review of the research in this important field. After an introduction to classification and polymerization, Vegetable oil-based polymers goes on to review the factors involved in polymer biodegradation. The extraction, purification and application of vegetable oils are then explored, along with vegetable oil-based polyesters and poly(ester amide)s, poly Download ebook: https://ouo.io/8hQUiD