Department of Materials and Design Engineering, Faculty of Mechanical and Manufacturing Engineering, University Tun Hussein Onn Malaysia (UTHM).
Sci Prog. 2010;93(Pt 3):285-300. doi: 10.3184/003685010X12797251639519.
With the world facing depletion of its oil reserves, attention is being focused on how the plastics industry will address shortages and price increases in its crucial raw materials. One renewable resource is that of vegetable oils and fats and about a dozen crop plants make up the main vegetable oil-seed market. The main constituents of these oils are saturated and unsaturated fatty acids that are unique to the plant in which they have been developed. Moreover, technological processes can produce more well-defined and pure oils, and the fatty acid contents in the vegetable oils can be altered with modern crop development techniques. This article describes recent advances in utilising such vegetable oils in sourcing new polymeric materials. It also gives the context for the development of polymers based on renewable materials in general.
随着世界石油储备的枯竭，人们越来越关注塑料行业将如何应对其关键原材料的短缺和价格上涨。可再生资源之一是植物油和脂肪，大约有十二种作物构成了主要的植物油籽市场。这些油的主要成分是饱和脂肪酸和不饱和脂肪酸，它们是在植物中特有的。此外，技术工艺可以生产出更明确和更纯净的油，并且可以利用现代作物开发技术改变植物油中的脂肪酸含量。本文介绍了利用这些植物油来获取新型聚合材料的最新进展。它还为基于可再生材料的聚合物的发展提供了背景。
