University:
Georgia Southern University
Course:
CHEM 1310 | Comprehensive General Chemistry
Academic year:

2024
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145

Pages:

6
Author:

Jalen W.

Name: __________________________________ Individual Follow-up Laboratory Report for Bioplastics Laboratory Report (100 pts) I. Data Tables (90 pts): Laboratory Activity 1: Synthesis of Plant Based Polymers: Table 1: Reagents & their amount use to prepare three Bioplastic polymers. Polymer 1: Starch and Citric Acid Polymer 2: Starch and Glycerol Polymer 3: Glycerol and Citric Acid Polymer Reagents Amounts Used Virtual Laboratory Activity 1: Synthesis of Plant Based Polymers: Table 2: Description of Prepared Bioplastics Polyme r 1: Starch and Citric Acid Polyme r 2: Starch and Glycerol Polyme r 3: Glycerol and Citric Acid Polyme r Observations Virtual Laboratory Activity #2: Properties of Bioplastic Polymers Table 3: Qualitative Observations of the Physical Properties of Synthesized Bioplastic polymers. Flexible Polymer 1: Starch and Citric Acid Polymer Polymer 2: Starch and Glycerol Polymer Polymer 3: Glycerol and Citric Acid Polymer Rigid Elongation Bounce/ Recoil Transparency Virtual Laboratory Activity #3: Degradation of Polymers Table 4: Degradation of Polymer 1 – Starch & Citric Acid: Observations 1 M HCl Amount of polymer used (grams) Time of Degradation (minutes) 0 30 60 1 M NaOH Room Temp. Distilled Water Hot Distilled Water Table 5: Degradation of Polymer 2 – Starch & Glycerol: Observations 1 M HCl Amount of polymer used (grams) Time of Degradation (minutes) 0 30 60 1 M NaOH Room Temp. Distilled Water Hot Distilled Water Table 6: Degradation of Polymer 3 Table 5: Degradation of Polymer 2 – Starch & Glycerol: Observations 1 M HCl 1 M NaOH Room Temp. Distilled Water Hot Distilled Water Amount of polymer used (grams) Time of Degradation (minutes) 0 30 60 II. (10 pts) Question: Based on your observations, rank the synthesized polymers from most rigid to least rigid.    starch & citric acid starch & glycerol glycerol & citric acid