Polymers agricultural production

Alcosorb 400 Water-Retaining Polymer," undated product Hterature, AHied CoUoids describes agricultural uses of cross-linked polyacrylamide gels. 

The primary appHcation for barrier polymers is food and beverage packaging. Barrier polymers protect food from environmental factors that could compromise both taste and shelf life. They also help retain desirable flavors and aroma. Barrier polymers are also used for packaging medical products, agricultural products, cosmetics, and electronic components and in moldings, pipe, and tubing. 

A 100% natural polymer based entirely on agricultural products, the polyester elastomer obtained by reacting castor oil with a castor oil derivative, sebacic acid, was the basis for the synthesis of SIN s. 

The most import uni cyclic ethers arc (he furan compounds Furfural is manufactured by treating pentosan with sulfuric acid and steam stripping mil the furfural a n is formed The sources of pentosan arc such agricultural products uv comet tbs. oat hulls, and hagavtc Furfural is used to produce furan and tetrahydro furan fTHF) These products are used as organic intermediates, extraction solvent, polymer solvents, and in polyurethane applications... 

In the past, plastics have been made from hydrocarbons. Now, with the development of new catalysts, they can also be made from agricultural products. The organic alternatives to petrochemical polymers cannot only... 

Starch is the other carbohydrate-based feedstock. Approximately 10 Mt is produced annually from corn (maize), wheat and potato, out of a total agricultural production of 1.6 Gt a-1 carbohydrate equivalents. A minor fraction of starch is amylose, a linear a 1 ->4 polymer of glucose (Fig. 8.2b). The native structure of amylose is helical loose random coils are formed upon dissolution in water. The branched glucose polymer amylopectin is the major (approximately 75%) component of starch. 

Unlike synthetic fibers, which are spun from synthetic or regenerated polymers in factories, cotton fiber is a natural agricultural product. The United States and some other countries use the newest and latest tested technology to produce the cotton crop [8,9]. Cotton... 

Polylactic acid is a biodegradable polymer. It can be made from lactic acid, which can be produced by fermentation of glucose. Because it is biodegradable and can be manufactured from agricultural products, polylactic acid is potentially a renewable material. US 6,326,458 assigned to Cargill Inc. describes a process for making polylactic acid from lactic acid. Estimate the cost of production of the purified polymer. 

Monochloroanilines are made by reduction of chloronitrobenzenes with either iron/acid or, nowadays, mainly catalytic hydrogenation. Catalysts include platinum, copper chromite and rhenium in conjunction with palladium38. The chloroanilines are used in the manufacture of colorants, agricultural products, pharmaceuticals and polymers. For example, o-chloronitrobenzene (29) is a source of o-nitroanilinc, o-phenylenediamine (1,2-benzenediamine) (30), o-aminophenol (19b), o-chloroaniline and 3,3 -dichlorobenzidine (31a). The o-phenylenediamine (30) is a particularly versatile intermediate, used to prepare thioureidoformates. Ring-substituted o-phenylenediamines with cyanoesters yield benzimidazoles that, on condensation with an aldehyde, followed by treatment with H2S, give a range of thioureas. 

Succinic acid is currently manufactured by the hydrogenation of maleic anhydride to succinic anhydride, followed by hydration to succinic acid. A fermentation process for succinic acid production is desirable because in such processes, renewable resources such as starchy crops and other agricultural products can be used as feedstock for the biological production of succinic acid. It addition, a high purity product, which is required as raw material for polymer manufacture, can be obtained. 

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