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    Introduction

    The properties of do not depend merely on the fossil or non-fossil origin but on the molecular structure of the chain. The term is commonly used for all polymeric materials having a certain bio-character, ...

    Francesco Ciardelli, Monica Bertoldo in Polymers from Fossil and Renewable Resourc… (2019)

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    Basic Concepts for Plastic Response

    This chapter following the general introduction is devoted to provide the reader with the basic concepts related to the understanding of the fundamental necessary properties of a polymeric material to perform ...

    Francesco Ciardelli, Monica Bertoldo in Polymers from Fossil and Renewable Resourc… (2019)

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    Synthesis of Polymers for Plastic Materials

    This chapter deals with the preparation of products from material based on plastic polymers from fossil origin (Bruckner et al. 2001). The production route of traditional plastic polymers starts from available mo...

    Francesco Ciardelli, Monica Bertoldo in Polymers from Fossil and Renewable Resourc… (2019)

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    Hybrid Materials and Systems

    Plastics were investigated based on homopolymers, which are polymers consisting of macromolecules characterized by the uniform chemical structure along the main chain, the successive investigation and related ...

    Francesco Ciardelli, Monica Bertoldo in Polymers from Fossil and Renewable Resourc… (2019)

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    Response of Society and Market

    Plastic polymers have benefited the human society and heavily contributed to our improved style of life from several viewpoints. Indeed, the easy processable, light and low-cost structural plastics and the pos...

    Francesco Ciardelli, Monica Bertoldo in Polymers from Fossil and Renewable Resourc… (2019)

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    Molecular Structure Requirements

    This chapter deals with the preparation of products from material based on plastic polymers from fossil origin. The production route of traditional plastic polymers starts from available monomers, followed by ...

    Francesco Ciardelli, Monica Bertoldo in Polymers from Fossil and Renewable Resourc… (2019)

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    The Obtainment of Bioplastics

    Under the pressure of the social requirement for a more natural style of life, many commercial products were rendered more attractive with a more or less valid superficial coverage of bio-related aspect; these...

    Francesco Ciardelli, Monica Bertoldo in Polymers from Fossil and Renewable Resourc… (2019)

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    Environmental Impact

    The society concern for the environmental compatibility of man-made products has been growing in the past few decades and evolved in many directions, with an evident predominance of emotion on technical ration...

    Francesco Ciardelli, Monica Bertoldo in Polymers from Fossil and Renewable Resourc… (2019)