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Engineering360: "CO2 chamber turns biodegradable plastic into foam"

07/01/2021 10:54 AM

Read Engineering360 article: CO2 chamber turns biodegradable plastic into foam.

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Re: CO2 chamber turns biodegradable plastic into foam

07/03/2021 1:31 AM

Important words: nucleation, collection/separation. and foam density.
We can make foams from any plastic in many ways, but it needs to have appropriate density and be cost-competitive in its next market.
I am critical of biodegradables, as the products of degradation are often unknown and uncontrolled, and I prefer inert, nontoxic plastics (any of them), but the public thinks otherwise and that supports what has been done.

Allan Griff, El Cerrito, CA USA

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