A quantitative method for determining the level of plasticizer in plastics is now available for Agilent portable and handheld FTIR analyzers. The calibrated method affords a limit of quantitation as low as 0.1% as well as provides a very rapid means of screening plastic products and components. This ensures that greater volume of plastic materials can be screened more effi ciently for complianc...

Objective: The major objective of this study was to prepare and evaluate OnceDaily Sustained Release Matrix Pellets Formulation of Aceclofenac by using Extrusion-Spheronization technique. Methods: The sustained release matrix pellets of Aceclofenac were prepared by industrially applied extrusion spheronization technique. The different formulations were prepared using HPMC K100M LVCR as hydrophi...

Di-2-ethylhexyl phthalate (DEHP), often referred to as dioctyl phthalate or DOP, is the most widely used plasticizer for vinyl plastics, and approximately 350 million pounds were produced in the United States during 1970. Altogether the production of phthalate ester plasticizers was 855 million pounds (1). The cumulative production of DEHP and related phthalate plasticizers in the United States...

The potential use of natural biopolymer composites in a variety of applications that requires biodegradability and better mechanical properties has renewed many researchers interest on the composites. This research involves the analysis of flexural properties for natural fibers specifically kenaffiber mat in a polylactic acid (PLA) matrix (KMPLA). The polylactic acid has been chosen as a matrix...

Soyprotein–jute fiber composites developed using water without any chemicals as the plasticizer show much better flexural and tensile properties than polypropylene–jute composites. Co-products of soybean processing such as soy oil, soyprotein concentrate and soy protein isolates are inexpensive, abundantly available and are renewable resources that have been extensively studied as potential mat...