CTMJ | traditionalmedicinejournals.com Chinese Traditional Medicine Journal | 2021 | Vol4|Issue5 1 Chinese Traditional Medical Journal Synthesis and Characterization of Olive Oil based Biodegradable Polymers

Abstract

Similar to olive oil, plant oil is a fat extracted from the fruit of the olea
europaco family oleaceae, a typical Mediterranean crop. It is used to make
polymeric materials. These are derived from naturally occurring renewable
resources. The purpose of this work was to determine the composition and
characteristics of a biodegradable polymer derived from a non-volatile oil such as
olive oil. The influence of olive oil-based acrylated epoxidized resin on monomers
such as methyl methacrylate and vinyl acetate was investigated in this study using
the thermal polycondensation process with the inclusion of a catalyst. Additionally,
solubility tests, TG-DTA (Thermo Gravimetric – Differential Thermal
Examination) and mechanical analysis, SEM analysis, and chemical investigations
were performed on newly produced copolymers. These polymers displayed a broad
variety of mechanical and degrading properties that may be tailored by monomer
selection.