METHOD Procedure:
BIO-PLASTIC Hypothesis: IF we reduce the amount of glycerol, THEN the bioplastic
1. Mix the ingredients in the saucepan
(Depending in the proportion) Except the food
will be stronger BECAUSE the glycerol adds a more liquid concentration
Synthesis project 2022 to the mixture. Thanks to the large amount of glycerol, we assume that
coloring.
2. Place the Saucepan on the busern burner and
the cooling process is slower, which causes the bioplastic to break mix with a spoon for around 10 to 15 min
more easily becaus is not ressitance.
Question: How does glycerol affect the 3. Pour the mixture into the aluminium foil.
resistance of a BIO-PLASTIC? 4. Put the necessary layers of the mixture
INTRO: This experiment consists of the creation of a biodegradable
Materials Prediction: When we reduce 5. Leave it dry and cool down 2 days.
the amount of glycerol and
plastic that is more friendly to the environment. For this, three samples 1. 10ml of white vinegar we put more layers to the
were created, each of them with different amount of glycerol in order to 2. 100ml of distilled water final sample, then the
Amout of glycerol use in each sample
test the effect it has in BIOPLASTIC 3. 15g of cornstarch bioplastic will be stronger Sample 1: 4g
4. 2g of glycerol
Sample 2: 6g
Theorical Part 5. 2 drops of food coloring
6. Saucepan
We are in danger of getting
burned when exposing the
RISKs Sample 3: 2g
- Bioplastic is a biodegradable material that come from renewable 7. Stove
plastic to heat or that the
sources and can be used to reduce the problem plastic wastes that
is killing the planet by pollution and contamination. This makes
8. Aluminum foil or
container breaks due to the Photos of the Bioplastic
parchment paper
them conserve non-renewable sources of energy such as heat and cuts us.
9. Spoon
petroleum. They also reduce carbon emissions.
Variables:
One of the main advantages of using biodegradable plastic is a
Independent: We are going to change the amount
significant reduction in carbon emissions during the manufacturing
of glycerol use in each samples. There are three
process. Furthermore, since the materials used to create
samples in total.
biodegradable plastics are plant-based, minimal carbon is emitted
during the composting process. Bioplastics take less time to Dependent: We are going to measure the
decompose in the environment, in though, normal plastics can take resistance of each Bioplastic by two factors: Strength
hundreds of years to decompose. and water resistance. (By putting them into water and
putting different erasers (Heavy) on top of it)
It’s important to clarify that the amount
Control: We are going to keep the same amount of the materials
of glycerol varies depending on the
used, expet the amount of glycerol used, the same time
Bioplastic that it’s being created. exposed to heat, and the same day left cooling down
TABLE GRAPH
Analysis:
Base on the results we can observe that the first
sample which include 4 grams of glycerol could
resist 4 batteries or 52 grams of wight before it
breaks, while the second sample which had 6
grams of glycerol resist 3 batteries or 39 grams,
Description: base on this we can observe that while we add two
This table represents the resistance of the different bioplastic samples. So, according more grams of glycerol the resistance decrease 13
to the factor that was change (Glycerol), we test the strength of the bioplastic by grams or 1 battery. In the other hand as we can
observe the third sample which had 2 grams of
putting a battery of 13 grams on top of each bioplastic sample, in total we use 5
glycerol increased the resistance and could resist 5
batteries and then measure how many cells each bioplastic can resists until it breaks. batteries or 65 grams, this can be observe that as
the glycerol reduced the resistance increase.
Conclusión:
This experiment tried to proof the way in which glycerol can affect the strenght of a BIOPLASTIC, base on the results obtained we can conclude that when more glycerol is
added to the BIOPLASTIC it becomes more elastic but less resistant. This is the reason why the different samples can have different purposes. For example, sample 1 can be
use as a plastic bag while sample 3 can be use for creating more rigid objects like chairs. Something very important about this experiment is the way that the amount of
glycerol was modified by incrementing or decreasing by 2 grams each time, this provided a more reliable result, although due to the lack of time the experiment could not be
repeat 3 times each but with the controlling of the other variables it gave enough information for understanding the influence of glycerol. Something that should be taken into
consideration is the amount of layers that are use in each BIOPLASTIC, we came to the conclusion that while we increment the layers the strenght also increment. We can
observe this when the places where there is a higher concentration of BIOPLASTIC there is a higher strenght, it is important to mention that this was an observation made
while performing the experiment and it is not a 100% proved.
Resources:
What are bio plastics? (n.d.). Sustainability for All. Retrieved May 3, 2022, from
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