Plastics from Potatoes: Practical demonstration

Shows the steps involved in extracting starch from potatoes, followed by making plastic from the starch.

Category:

Education

Tags:

• Chemistry
• biodegradable
• renewable
• plastic
• potato

[neohashi]

Can anyone share some info on the chemical reactions?

(C6H10O5)n + HCl(aq) + C3H5(OH)3(aq) -> ?

The video is great but not all that educational if the chemistry isn't explained.

[ase010]

Hemp/Cannabis/Marijuana is a far more superior solution! you can make plastics from the oil of the seeds itself, most benefits are that the biological plant can be harvested after few weeks, after weeks, the whole year! needs no chemicals or fertilizers! and give more back to the earth, the it takes away and purify polluted soils!!!

[mogifikawaii]

Your version takes too much cooking, I prefer the one shown by greenplasticsnet, which showed only household ingredients... which I think you used, but gave the chemical names only. But they only cooked it once: it was as easy as cooking blancmange.

[Pollypolyify]

Can it proof the water ?

[joyhuny6]

waaaawoooooooo......awsummmmmm­.....i lvu iiiiit.........

[dgstavproductions]

WHOA

POTATOES

[1zacster]

@pidos847 you are misinformed, hemp is illegal because big paper industries were losing obey to natural hemp paper and same with auto companies, it coukd be made into lightweight car paneling and seat upholstery etc.

[kingdomhearts1006]

@KaylinJH nice speliing XD

[KaylinJH]

no "e" in potato :P

[KaylinJH]

@ase010 pototos wont get you put in the slammer though

[pidos847]

Plastics can be made from all kinds of vegetable oils. We do not need to use dirty ass crude oil! Hemp is the most versatile plant on earth, it can make fuel, clothes, paper, plastic, and has even been said to cure some forms of cancer and thats why it's illegal! We should stop using toxic crude oil which polluted the earth and contaminates the planet and start using organic plastics! Lets put the bitch ass oil companies out of business and stop paying $3 a gallon for that toxic shit!!!