Synthesis of polylactic acid using Zn powder under microwave irradiation

2nd International Scientific Conference (Pure Sciences, Brilliant Creativity and Renewed Building)

Alwan, Aseel F.^1 ; Khalaf, Hussein I.^1

Polymer Research Unit, College of Science, AL-Mustansiriyah University, Baghdad, Iraq^1

关键词: Green chemistry;    High purity;    Low cost catalysts;    Microwave technique;    Poly lactic acid;    Synthesized polymers;   

Others  :  https://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/571/1/012085/pdf
DOI  :  10.1088/1757-899X/571/1/012085

来源: IOP

【 摘 要 】

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.