Open AccessSynthesis of polylactic acid using Zn powder under microwave irradiation
Author(s) -
Aseel F. Alwan,
H Khalaf
Publication year - 2019
Publication title -
iop conference series. materials science and engineering
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
eISSN - 1757-899X
pISSN - 1757-8981
DOI - 10.1088/1757-899x/571/1/012085
Subject(s) - polylactic acid , microwave irradiation , microwave , polymer , catalysis , irradiation , fourier transform infrared spectroscopy , materials science , nuclear chemistry , chemical engineering , polymer chemistry , chemistry , organic chemistry , composite material , computer science , physics , telecommunications , nuclear physics , engineering
The research involves synthesis of polylactic acid using an available and low cost catalyst (Zn) using microwave irradiation, the synthesized polymer was characterized using FTIR, H1NMR while the molecular weight was calculated using Mark-Hauwink equation, the molecular weight was 12.388 with high purity. This method consumed time compared with traditional methods.