Vegetable oil-based polymers : properties, processing and applications

• Main Author: Karak, Niranjan
• Format: Electronic eBook
• Language: English
• Published: Cambridge, UK ; Philadelphia : Woodhead Publishing, 2012.
• Series: Woodhead Publishing in materials.
• Subjects: Plant polymers.; Biopolymers.; Plants > Composition.; elektronické knihy; electronic books
• ISBN: 0857097148; 9780857097149; 9781628703856; 1628703857; 9780857097101; 0857097105
• Physical Description: 1 online resource (1 volume)

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 provide...