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Effect of the injection moulding processing conditions on the development of pea protein-based bioplastics

Pérez-Puyana, Víctor Manuel; Félix Ángel, Manuel; Romero García, Alberto; Guerrero Conejo, Antonio Francisco

Abstract

Bioplastic materials from renewable polymers, like proteins, constitute a highly interesting field for important industrial applications such as packaging, agriculture, etc., in which thermo-mechanical techniques are increasingly being used. Pea protein-based bioplastics can be made through a mixing process followed by an injection moulding. The objective of this study was to investigate the influence of different injection parameters (moulding time and injection pressure) on the properties exhibited by the final bioplastics obtained. A dynamic mechanical analysis and tensile strength measurements were performed, along with water absorption capacity and transparency tests. The results indicated that the major differences between bioplastics obtained at different moulding times are in transparency and in the Young's Moduli, exhibiting lower values as moulding time increases. On the other hand, modifying the injection pressure lead to more consistent bioplastics which differed mainly in the elastic component (E′ profiles) and in the strain at break. Furthermore, the water uptake was more than 100% in almost all the different bioplastics processed because of its hydrophilic character, so they could be considered as potential sources for absorbent material.

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Depósi o de in es igación de la Uni e sidad de Se illa h ps://idus.us.es/ Es a es la e sión acep ada del a ículo publicado en: This is a accep ed manusc ip o a pape published in: Jou nal o Applied Polyme Science (2016) ol.133 n.20 DOI: h ps://doi.o g/10.1002/app.43306 Copy igh : 1999-2025 John Wiley & Sons El acceso a la e sión publicada del a ículo puede eque i la susc ipción de la e is a. Access o he published e sion may equi e subsc ip ion. “This is he pee e iewed e sion o he ollowing a icle: Pé ez-Puyana, Vic o M; Felix Ángel, Manuel; Rome o Ga cía, Albe o; Gue e o Conejo, An onio: E ec o he injec ion moulding p ocessing condi ions on he de elopmen o pea p o ein-based bioplas ics: om Jou nal o Applied Polyme Science, ol.133 n.20 which has been published in inal o m a h ps://doi.o g/10.1002/app.43306. This a icle may be used o non-comme cial pu poses in acco dance wi h Wiley Te ms and Condi ions o Use o Sel -A chi ed Ve sions. This a icle may no be enhanced, en iched o o he wise ans o med in o a de i a i e wo k, wi hou exp ess pe mission om Wiley o by s a u o y igh s unde applicable legisla ion. Copy igh no ices mus no be emo ed, obscu ed o modi ied. The a icle mus be linked o Wiley’s e sion o eco d on Wiley Online Lib a y and any embedding, aming o o he wise making a ailable he a icle o pages he eo by hi d pa ies om pla o ms, se ices and websi es o he han Wiley Online Lib a y mus be p ohibi ed." 1 E ec o he injec ion moulding p ocessing condi ions on he 1 de elopmen o pea p o ein-based bioplas ics 2 V. Pé ez, M. Felix*,A. Rome o,A. Gue e o 3 Depa amen o de Ingenie ía Química, Uni e sidad de Se illa, Facul ad de Química, 41012 4 Se illa, Spain 5 Abs ac 6 Bioplas ic ma e ials om enewable polyme s, like p o eins, cons i u e a highly 7 in e es ing ield o impo an indus ial applica ions such as packaging, ag icul u e, 8 e c., in which he mo-mechanical echniques a e inc easingly being used. Pea p o ein-9 based bioplas ics can be made h ough a mixing p ocess ollowed by an injec ion 10 moulding. The objec i e o his s udy was o in es iga e he in luence o di e en 11 injec ion pa ame e s (moulding ime and injec ion p essu e) on he p ope ies exhibi ed 12 by he inal bioplas ics ob ained. A dynamic mechanical analysis and ensile s eng h 13 measu emen s we e pe o med, along wi h wa e abso p ion capaci y and anspa ency 14 es s. The esul s indica ed ha he majo di e ences be ween bioplas ics ob ained a 15 di e en moulding imes a e in anspa ency and in he Young's Moduli, exhibi ing 16 lowe alues as moulding ime inc eases. On he o he hand, modi ying he injec ion 17 p essu e leaded o mo e consis en bioplas ics which di e ed mainly in he elas ic 18 componen (E’ p o iles) and in he s ain a b eak. Fu he mo e, he wa e up ake was 19 mo e han 100% in almos all he di e en bioplas ics p ocessed due o i s hyd ophilic 20 cha ac e , so hey could be conside ed as po en ial sou ces o abso ben ma e ial. 21 22 Keywo ds: Pea P o ein; Bioplas ic; Dynamic Mechanical Analysis; Tensile s eng h 23 es ; Wa e Abso p ion. 24 _______________________ 25 *M. FÉLIX 26 2 Depa amen o de Ingenie ía Química, 27 Uni e sidad de Se illa, Facul ad de Química, 28 41012 Se illa (Spain) 29 E-mail: m [email protected] 30 Phone: +34 954557179; ax: +34 954556447. 31 1. In oduc ion 32 P o eins, polysaccha ides and lipids a e sui able aw ma e ials o he p oduc ion o 33 bioplas ics.1,2,3 In pa icula , s a ch is widely used as a packaging ma e ial, usually 34 mixed wi h biodeg adable polyes e s4. Rega ding p o eins o manu ac u e bioplas ics, 35 esea ch s udies ha e in es iga ed no only plan p o eins such as zein, whea glu en 36 and soybean,5,6,7 bu also, in some cases, animal p o eins, such as milk p o eins, 37 collagen, gela ine, e c.8,9.Plan p o eins ha e a g ea po en ial o applying o many 38 manu ac u ing p ocesses.4 Nowadays, soy p o ein domina es he ma ke o bio-based 39 plas ic ma e ials because o i s low p ice, quali y and e sa ile applica ions. Howe e , 40 pea p o ein has inc easingly become an adequa e aw ma e ial due o i s p ice and 41 excellen p ope ies.10,11,12 P o ein concen a es ha e been widely used as aw 42 ma e ials, bu hose bioplas ics ob ained simply by he ac ion o p essu e and 43 empe a u e. Howe e , he combina ion o in e molecula disulphide bonding, hyd ogen 44 bonding, hyd ophobic in e ac ions and elec os a ic o ces be ween p o eins chains 45 ypically leads o a agile and b i le p o ein s uc u es.13Fo ha eason, p o ein 46 concen a es a e gene ally mixed wi h a plas icize . 47 Wi h ega d o plas icize s, hey a e used in o de o educe in e molecula o ces 48 among polyme chains,14,15 educing he cohesion wi hin he ma ix and acili a ing he 49 mobili y o p o ein chains.16 The use o hyd ophilic plas icize s wi h low molecula 50 weigh imp o es he lexibili y o he inal bioplas ics ob ained, bu hey canno suppo 51 a lowe mechanical s ess. The mos e ec i e plas icize , o biopolyme s, is wa e 52 because educes he glass ansi ion empe a u e acili a ing he p ocessing. Wi hou 53 3 wa e addi ion, he deg ada ion empe a u e would be easily eached be o e bioplas ics 54 would be inally p ocessed.17 Besides wa e , glyce ol is a plas icize widely used in 55 he momechanical p ocessing o p o eins.18,19 I s e ec is ela ed o he acili y o 56 glyce ol o be inse ed inside he h ee-dimensional idimensional s uc u e o 57 biopolyme s.20 58 Conside ing he p ocessing me hod, classical he moplas ic polyme p ocessing 59 echniques (ex usion, comp ession moulding, e c.) ha e been used o ob ain di e en 60 p o ein-based bioplas ic ma e ials.21,22,23 Among hese he momechanical echniques, 61 injec ion moulding is one o he mos impo an and sui able p ocesses o sys ems ha 62 may exhibi a mixed cha ac e such as p o eins,24,25,26,27 bu i needs a p e ious mixing 63 p ocess in o de o ob ain a sui able p o ein-plas icize blend. I is impo an o selec 64 he op imum injec ion pa ame e s (injec ion p essu e and moulding ime),28 bu also he 65 empe a u e in he p e-injec ion cylinde , high enough o educe he iscosi y o he 66 blend ( acili a ing he subsequen injec ion) and leading o hea ing changes he h ee-67 dimensional s uc u e o p o eins (p o ein un olding and dena u a ion) by dis up ing 68 hyd ogen bonds and non-pola hyd ophobic g oups.29 Rega ding p o ein ilms, esul ing 69 elec os a ic in e ac ions, hyd ogen bonding, an de Waals o ces (non-co alen 70 o ces) and co alen disul ide b idges can imp o e he ma ix s abili y.30 Howe e , i is 71 impo an o a oid so high empe a u e in he cylinde o a oid p o ein c osslinking by 72 co alen in e molecula disul ide bonds o e en p o ein deg ada ion.26 Fu he mo e, 73 exposu e o alkaline condi ions, pa icula ly when coupled o he mal p ocessing, 74 induces o ma ion o non disulphide co alen c osslinks, such as dehyd oalanine, 75 lysinoalanine and lan hionine.31,32 On he o he hand, i is impo an o con ol he 76 condi ions in he packing s age and in he p e ious injec ion p ocess, selec ing he 77 app op ia e condi ions o ensu e an op imum injec ion speed ela ed wi h he lowe ing 78 speed o he pis on, allowing he blend o be inse ed in o he mould. Depending on he 79 condi ions selec ed, he bioplas ics ab ica ed would exhibi adequa e p ope ies o 80 conside hem o speci ic applica ions. In his way, no only p epa a ion condi ions a e 81 4 impo an , bu only o he componen s in he o mula ion such as plas icize s, pH, 82 chemicals, enzymes, nanocomposi es, lipids and as well as c oss-linking by 83 i adia ion.33 84 The main objec i e o his wo k was o explo e he po en ial de elopmen o biobased 85 plas ic ma e ials om pea p o ein p ocessed by injec ion moulding and o s udy he 86 in luence o injec ion condi ions in he packing s age (moulding ime and injec ion 87 p essu e) on hei mechanical p ope ies. Fu he mo e, a mechanical cha ac e iza ion 88 (wa e abso p ion and anspa ency measu emen s) was use ul o e alua e he e ec s 89 o he modi ica ion o he injec ion pa ame e s on he inal bioplas ics p ope ies. A 90 small-scale-plunge - ype injec ion moulding machine was used in his s udy o ob ain 91 pea p o ein-based specimens om pea p o ein/glyce ol blends, p e iously mixed by 92 means o a mixing heome e ha allows he o que and empe a u e o be eco ded 93 du ing mixing p ocess. 94 95 2. Ma e ial and me hods 96 2.1. Ma e ials 97 Pea lou was p o ided by Roque e (Les em, F ance). I s p o ein con en , ob ained in 98 quad uplica e as % N x 6.25 using a LECO CHNS-932 ni ogen mic o analyse (Leco 99 Co po a ion, S . Joseph, MI, USA) was so close o 90% (89.5±0.7%) ha i can be 100 conside ed as a p o ein isola e (PPI).33 Besides, mic oanalysis esul s e ealed a 101 sulphu con en o 0.45±0.02%, ela ed o he p esence o me hionine and cys eine and 102 i s impo ance on gene a ing c osslinking. The ash and lipids con en o he p o ein 103 isola e we e 3.5±0.2% and 1.4±0.6%, espec i ely. Besides, he pea p o ein isola e 104 p esen s a mois u e con en close o 5% (5.1±0.1%). Glyce ol (GL) wi h esidual wa e 105 con en ≤0.3% was pu chased om Pan eac Química, S.A. (Spain). 106 2.2. Cha ac e iza ion o blends 107 5 2.2.1. Rheological measu emen s. Dough-like blends we e cha ac e ized by small 108 ampli ude oscilla o y shea (SAOS) measu emen s, using a con olled-s ain heome e 109 (ARES, TA Ins umen s, USA). A pla e-pla e geome y (dia: 40 mm) wi h a ough 110 su ace has been used, selec ing a gap be ween pla es o 2 mm. Low iscosi y Dow 111 Co ning 200 luid was used as sealan o a oid sample d ying. S ain sweep SAOS 112 es s we e also pe o med in o de o es ablish he linea iscoelas ici y ange. 113 Tempe a u e amp es s we e ca ied ou a 5 ºC/min om 20 o 100 ºC. In hese 114 measu emen s, complex iscosi y (η*) was moni o ed a a cons an equency o 6.28 115 ad/s. All he sys ems s udied had he same he mo- heological his o y be o e 116 pe o ming any heological es . 117 2.3. P epa a ion o bioplas ics 118 Bioplas ics wi h a 60PPI/40GL a io (lowe p o ein/plas icize a ios would lead o an 119 excess o plas icize ha yields oo low consis en blends o be p ope ly p ocessed and 120 an inc ease o his a io would p oduce some shea -induced c osslinking e ec s 121 leading o excessi ely b i le specimens) we e manu ac u ed by a wo-s age he mo-122 mechanical p ocedu e. Fi s ly, he selec ed blend was mixed using a wo-blade 123 coun e - o a ing ba ch mixe , HaakePolylab QC (The moHaake, Ka ls uhe, Ge many), 124 a 25ºC and 50 pm o 60 min, moni o ing he o que and empe a u e du ing mixing o 125 ob ain a dough-like blend. Secondly, bioplas ics we e ob ained by an injec ion moulding 126 p ocess in a MiniJe Pis on Injec ion Moulding Sys em (The moHaake) using he 127 blends p e iously p epa ed. A schema ic illus a ion o he injec ion moulding cell can 128 be obse ed in Figu e 1: be o e injec ion (A) and a e injec ion ook place (B).The 129 selec ed condi ions o he p e-injec ion cylinde we e 50 °C (see 3.1) and a esidence 130 ime o 100 s. As men ioned abo e, he empe a u e should no be inc eased 131 excessi ely bu in addi ion he esidence ime should no be oo long in o de o p e en 132 he mally induced p o ein c oss-linking e ec be o e he injec ion s age. On he o he 133 hand, as o he mould p ocessing condi ions, he mould empe a u e was 130 ºC and 134 6 di e en moulding imes we e selec ed (100, 200 and 300 s) o in es iga e hei e ec 135 on he p ope ies o he inal bioplas ics ob ained. I was also impo an o a oid 136 exposi ion o high empe a u es o a long ime in o de o a oid p o ein deg ada ion. In 137 addi ion, di e en injec ion p essu es (100, 300, 500 and 900 ba ) we e also e alua ed. 138 A p essu e alue o 200 ba was selec ed o he packing s age, o ensu e a sui able 139 low o blend and moulding o specimens. These condi ions should allow he 140 de elopmen o p o ein c osslinking o achie e he inal ne wo k s uc u e. Some 141 injec ion condi ions as he injec ion p essu e o he moulding ime we e modi ied in 142 o de o s udy hei in luence on he p ope ies o he inal bioplas ics ob ained. Two 143 moulds we e used o p epa e wo di e en specimens: (1) a 60×10×1 mm ec angula -144 shaped specimen o dynamic mechanical analysis (DMA) expe imen s, wa e 145 abso p ion and anspa ency measu emen s and (2) a dumb-bell- ype specimen by ISO 146 527-1:2012 o ensile p ope ies o plas ics. Bioplas ic we e s o ed a oom 147 empe a u e and 50% RH o a leas i e days in o de o each equilib ium. 148 2.4. Cha ac e iza ion o bioplas ics 149 2.4.1. Dynamic Mechanical Analysis (DMA). DMA es s we e ca ied ou wi h a RSA3 150 (TA Ins umen s), on ec angula p obes using dual can ile e bending. S ain sweep 151 es s we e also pe o med in o de o es ablish he linea iscoelas ici y ange.The 152 selec ed hea ing a e was 5 ºC·min−1 and he empe a u e ange co e ed was om 153 -30ºC by he use o an ai chille connec ed o he o ced con ec ion o en (Polycold, 154 TA Ins umen s) o 130ºC. Linea iscoelas ic modulus (E’) and an δ (E’’/E’) we e 155 moni o ed a cons an s ain (0.05%, wi hin he linea iscoelas ic egion) and 156 equency (6.28 ad/s). All he samples we e coa ed wi h Dow Co ning high acuum 157 g ease o a oid wa e loss and showed he same he mo- heological his o y. 158 2.4.2. Tensile s eng h measu emen s. Tensile es s we e pe o med by using he 159 Insigh 10 kN Elec omechanical Tes ing Sys em (MTS, Eden P ai ie, MN, USA), 160 acco ding oby ISO 527-2:1993 o Tensile P ope ies o Plas ics. Young’s Modulus, 161 7 s ain a b eak and maximum ensile s eng h we e e alua ed using ype IV p obes and 162 an ex ensional a e o 10 mm·min−1 a oom empe a u e. 163 2.4.3. Wa e abso p ion capaci y. Wa e up ake capaci y o bioplas ics was measu ed 164 acco ding o he s anda d me hod o de e mining wa e abso p ion in plas ics 165 ASTMD570, 2001. Rec angula specimens o 60×10 ×1 mm we e used. The 166 specimens we e subjec ed o d ying (condi ioning) in an o en a 50±2 ºC o 5-6h o 167 de e mine d y weigh , hen in oduced in o dis illed wa e and weighed a e 24h 168 imme sion. Finally, i was subjec ed o d ying ( econdi ioning) again and weighed o 169 de e mine he soluble ma e ial loss. All he expe imen s we e pe o med in iplica e a 170 oom empe a u e. Acco ding o he me hodology used, wa e abso p ion capaci y and 171 soluble ma e ial loss we e de e mined by he ollowing equa ions: 172 % 𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊 𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑢𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑢𝑢𝑊𝑊 = 𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊 𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊ℎ𝑊𝑊 − 𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝐼𝐼 𝐷𝐷𝑊𝑊𝐷𝐷𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊ℎ𝑊𝑊 𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝐼𝐼 𝐷𝐷𝑊𝑊𝐷𝐷𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊ℎ𝑊𝑊 ·100 (1) 173 % 𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿 𝐿𝐿𝑜𝑜 𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐿𝐼𝐼𝑢𝑢𝑠𝑠𝐼𝐼𝑊𝑊 𝑚𝑚𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝐼𝐼 = 𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝐼𝐼 𝐷𝐷𝑊𝑊𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊ℎ𝑊𝑊 − 𝐹𝐹𝑊𝑊𝐼𝐼𝑊𝑊𝐼𝐼 𝐷𝐷𝑊𝑊𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊ℎ𝑊𝑊 𝐼𝐼𝐼𝐼𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝐼𝐼 𝐷𝐷𝑊𝑊𝐷𝐷𝐷𝐷𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊ℎ𝑊𝑊 ·100 (2) 174 2.4.4. Colou de e mina ion. A Colo ime e CM-700D (Konica, Japan) was used o 175 measu e he colou o he bioplas ics. Acco ding o EN ISO 11664-4, he CIE s anda ds 176 a e used o calcula e colou di e ences. I is desc ibed by a h ee-dimensional 177 coo dina e sys em (L*, a* and b*) ha loca es a colou in a colou space. The 178 pa ame e L* e e s o he ligh ness o he colou (L* = 0 indica es black and L* = 100, 179 whi e). Pa ame e s a* and b* can be ei he posi i e o nega i e: Pa ame e a* ex ends 180 om g een (-a*) o ed (+a*) and b* om blue (-b*) o yellow (+b*). 181 2.4.5 T anspa ency measu emen s. T anspa ency measu emen s we e pe o med on a 182 Genesys-20 (The mo Scien i ic, USA) spec opho ome e . In his de ice, he 183 ansmi ance (%) o ec angula specimens, 1mm hickness, a a selec ed wa eleng h 184 o 600 nm is measu ed. Ai is used as blank (100% ansmi ance). In o de o compa e 185 he anspa ency o di e en bioplas ics, a ansmi ance index (IT) was used: 186 𝐼𝐼𝑇𝑇=% 𝑇𝑇𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝐼𝐼𝐿𝐿𝑚𝑚𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝐼𝐼𝑇𝑇𝑊𝑊 %𝑇𝑇𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝐼𝐼𝐿𝐿𝑚𝑚𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝐼𝐼𝑇𝑇𝑊𝑊𝐿𝐿𝑜𝑜𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑜𝑜𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝐼𝐼𝑇𝑇𝑊𝑊 𝑠𝑠𝑊𝑊𝐿𝐿𝑢𝑢𝐼𝐼𝑊𝑊𝐿𝐿𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑊𝑇𝑇 (3) 187 8 2.5. S a is ical analysis 188 A leas h ee eplica es o each measu emen we e ca ied ou . S a is ical analyses 189 we e pe o med wi h es s and one-way analysis o a iance (ANOVA, p < 0.05) by 190 means o he s a is ical package SPSS 18 (IBM, Chicago, IL, USA). S anda d 191 de ia ions om some selec ed pa ame e s we e calcula ed. 192 193 3. Resul s and discussion 194 3.1. P epa a ion and cha ac e iza ion o blends 195 As indica ed abo e, mixing is he i s s age in he he mochemical p ocessing o he 196 p o ein-based bioplas ics s udied. The 60PPI/40GL a io was an adequa e p opo ion 197 because doughs wi h a highe o lowe con en in p o ein would no be sui able o 198 p ocessabili y because hey we e oo consis en o he inal bioplas ics exhibi glyce ol 199 exuda ion, espec i ely ( esul s no shown). Besides choosing an app op ia e 200 p o ein/plas icize a io, a sui able selec ion o he mixing condi ions is e y impo an , 201 howe e i is no always easy. An ex ensi e mixing was equi ed o ob ain a 202 homogeneous dough-like blend, bu long mixing pe iods mus be a oided o limi shea 203 induced s uc u a ion e ec s. Fo ha eason, bo h o que and empe a u e alues 204 we e moni o ed as a unc ion o mixing ime o he 60PPI/40GL sys em (Figu e 2). The 205 p o ile shows a maximum o que alue ollowed by a con inuous dec ease and a 206 endency o each an e en ual cons an alue, whe eas he empe a u e exhibi ed a 207 cons an inc ease o e he mixing ime. 208 F om he o que and empe a u e p o iles, i may be deduced ha a balance o he 209 mixing ime, long enough o a sui able homogeniza ion deg ee bu sho enough o 210 a oid p ema u e c oss-linking eac ions o p o ein chains is needed. The e o e, h ee 211 di e en mixing imes we e s udied: one ela ed o he minimum o que (10 min), 212 ano he when he inc ease in o que was p oduced (21 min) and he hi d when he 213 15 Acknowledgemen s 378 This wo k is pa o a esea ch p ojec sponso ed by MINECO, “Minis e io de Economía 379 y Compe i i idad”, om he Spanish Go e nmen (Re . MAT2011-29275-C02-02/01) 380 and by he Andalousian Go e nmen , (Spain) (p ojec TEP-6134). The au ho s 381 g a e ully acknowledge hei inancial suppo . 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Diag am o he lab-scale plunge - ype injec ion moulding de ice: (A) Be o e 470 injec ion; (B) A e injec ion. 471 Figu e 2. E olu ion o mixing o que and empe a u e o e he mixing p ocess o he 472 60PPI/40GL blend. Pic u es o he esul ing blends a di e en mixing imes a e 473 inse ed. 474 Figu e 3. Complex iscosi y (η*) o e hea ing a cons an a e (5 ºC/min) o 60/40 and 475 70/30 PPI/GL a ios. 476 Figu e 4. Resul s om mechanical es s ca ied ou o 60PPI/40GL biobased 477 specimens ob ained a di e en moulding imes (100, 200 and 300 s): (A) S o age 478 modulus (E’) and (B) loss angen ( an δ) alues om Dynamic Mechanical The mal 479 Analysis (DMTA) empe a u e amp measu emen s pe o med a cons an equency 480 (6.28 ad/s) and hea ing a e (3oC·min-1). Values o LDPE and Soy biobased 481 specimens (SPI) we e also included. 482 Figu e 5. Young’s modulus, maximum s ess and s ain a b eak om Tensile S eng h 483 measu emen s ca ied ou o 60PPI/40GL biobased specimens ob ained a di e en 484 moulding imes (100, 200 and 300s). Values o Soy biobased specimens (SPI) we e 485 also included. Columns wi h di e en le e s a e signi ican ly di e en (P ≤ 0.05). 486 Figu e 6. (A) E olu ion o wa e abso p ion capaci y (%) a e imme sion o 24 h and 487 soluble ma e ial loss (%) and (B) Colo s anda ds and anspa ency measu emen s: 488 ligh ness (L*), yellow/blue alue (b*) and ansmi ance ca ied ou o 60PPI/40GL 489 biobased specimens ob ained a di e en moulding imes (100, 200 and 300s). 490 Columns wi h di e en le e s a e signi ican ly di e en (P ≤ 0.05). 491 Figu e 7. Resul s om mechanical es s ca ied ou o 60PPI/40GL biobased 492 specimens ob ained a di e en injec ion p essu es (100, 300, 500 and 900 ba ): (A) 493 S o age modulus (E’) and (B) loss angen ( an δ) alues om Dynamic Mechanical 494 The mal Analysis (DMTA) empe a u e amp measu emen s pe o med a cons an 495 equency (1 Hz) and hea ing a e (3oC·min-1). 496 Figu e 8. Young’s modulus, maximum s ess and s ain a b eak om Tensile S eng h 497 measu emen s ca ied ou o 60PPI/40GL biobased specimens ob ained a di e en 498 injec ion p essu es (100, 300, 500 and 900 ba ). Columns wi h di e en le e s a e 499 signi ican ly di e en (P ≤ 0.05). 500 Figu e 9. (A) E olu ion o wa e abso p ion capaci y (%) a e imme sion o 24 h and 501 soluble ma e ial loss (%) and (B) Colo s anda ds and anspa ency measu emen s: 502 ligh ness (L*), yellow/blue alue (b*) and ansmi ance ca ied ou o 60PPI/40GL 503 biobased specimens ob ained a injec ion p essu es (100, 300, 500 and 900 ba ). 504 Columns wi h di e en le e s a e signi ican ly di e en (P ≤ 0.05). 505 506 19 FIGURE 1 507 508 509 510 511 512 20 513 FIGURE 2 514 020 40 60 0 5 10 15 20 25 30 To que (N·m) (min) To que (N·m) T(ºC) 20 40 60 80 T (ºC) 515 516 517 518 519 21 520 FIGURE 3 521 522 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 6.0x10 4 8.0x10 4 1.0x10 5 1.2x10 5 1.4x10 5 1.6x10 5 60PPI/40GL 70PPI/30GL T (ºC) η∗ (Pa·s) 523 524 525 526 22 527 FIGURE 4 528 -40 -20 020 40 60 80 100 120 140 10 6 10 7 10 8 10 9 A E' (Pa) T(ºC) LDPE E' (Pa) (100 s) E' (Pa) (200 s) E' (Pa) (300 s) E' (Pa) SPI (500 s) 529 -40 -20 020 40 60 80 100 120 140 0.0 0.1 0.2 0.3 0.4 0.5 T(ºC) LDPE an δ (100 s) an δ (200 s) an δ (300 s) an δ SPI (500 s) an δ B 530 531 532 533 534 23 535 FIGURE 5 536 0 10 20 30 40 50 60 70 80 90 100 S ain a B eak (%) SPI (500 s)300 s 200 s 100 s δ C b Moulding ime Maximum S ess (MPa) Young's Modulus (MPa) S ain a B eak (%) Young's Modulus (MPa) Maximum S ess (MPa) A a α B a β A a γ 0 2 4 6 8 10 537 538 539 540 541 24 542 FIGURE 6 543 544 545 546 547 548 549 550 551 552 553 554 555 556 557 558 559 560 561 562 563 564 565 566 100 s 200 s 300 s 0 40 80 120 Soluble Ma e ial Loss (%) a a a C B A Wa e Up ake (%) Moulding Time Wa e Up ake (%) Soluble Ma e ial Loss (%) A