Desarrollo de membrana híbrida de polímero de origen vegetal y sintético

Abstract

Abstract: Currently, there is a demand for excessive use of plastic and leather from animal skins, not only in industry but in everyday life, which has become a polluting material for the environment, animal ecosystems and has a long-term degradation time. Bibliographic studies were carried out on the raw material and the technique involved in obtaining synthetic vegetable biopolymer, obtaining a material similar to that of leather, without losing its properties.There is a great variety of types of vegan leather, which can be replaced by animal skin, one option is starch, for this reason a solution was proposed with the elaboration of a polymeric membrane. Several tests were carried out from the combination of two starches, one of achira (Canna indica) and cassava (Manihot esculenta) with different formulations, dehydrated orange peel and cellulose in order to convert into a resistant, flexible material with good texture, glycerol that works as a plasticizing agent, some modifications were made for a short degradation time.