KENDRIYA VIDYALAYA No.

1, VASCo

CHEMISTRY INVESTIGAToRY
PRoJECT
2022-23

TOPIC: MAKING A PLASTIC

FROM STARCH
GUIDED BY: Mrs VIJI RAJU
SUBMITTED BY:ABHISHEK
YADAV
 INDEX
➢ Certificate
 Acknowledgement
 About
 Aim
 Introduction
 Theory
 Requirement
 Procedure
 Conclusion
 Result
 Bibliography
 CERTIFICATE

This is to certify that ABHISHEK YADAVof class XII A

has successfully completed investigatory project under my
guidance and this project may be considered as part of
practical exam of AISSCE in the academic year 2022-2023.

Internal Examiner External Examiner

Date: Principal
ACKNOWLEDGEMENT
This project wouldn’t have been feasible
without the proper and rigorous guidance of my
Chemistry teacher Mrs. VIJI RAJU who guided me
throughout this project in every possible way. An
investigatory project involves various difficult lab
experiments which have to be carried out by the
student to obtain the observations and conclude
the report on a meaningful note.
I take this opportunity to express my deep
sense of gratitude towards my principal Mr. ASIF
MOHAMMED HUSSAIN for his valuable guidance
and immense motivation which has sustained my
efforts at all stages of this project work.
I wish to thank my parents and my friends for
their undivided support and interest which
inspired me and encouraged me.

Abhishek Yadav
12 A
 ABoUT
Aim: Making a plastic from starch
Introduction : Plastic pollution is
currently one of the biggest
environmental concerns. Synthetic
Plastics are made up of long chain of
molecules (polymer) containing repeated
units of carbon atoms (monomer). These
Synthetic polymers have extremely
strong carbon-carbon bond with each
other. Because of this inherent molecular
stability, plastics do not breakdown into
simpler components easily. So to find the
alternative of this problem I made a
successful attempt to make a
biodegradable plastic. We call it
biodegradable because natural organisms
are capable of breaking the material down
into smaller parts. We use starch
polymer(Amylose) which is
biodegradable in nature and hence
successfully converted it into a
replacement of plastic.
 THEORY
Why we chose starch?
Starch is made of long chains of glucose
molecules joined together. Strictly, it
contains two polymers: amylose, which is
straight chained, and amylopectin, which is
branched. Glucose (simple sugar) is essential
for life, that being the reason many
organisms from bacteria to human break
starch into simple sugar(glucose).

How it degrades into simple sugar?

Starch is a chain of simple sugar monomers
called glucose. The bonds that connect them
are called glycosidic bonds. An enzyme called
amylase helps break sugar part by fitting
between two monomers. A water molecule is
absorbed in order to break the glycosidic
bond between two monomers in a process
called hydrolysis.
REQUIREMENT
1.Potato starch
2. Propan-1,2,3-triol (glycerol)
3.Hydrochloric acid
4.Sodium hydroxide
5. Spirit lamp
6.Tripod
7.Universal Indicator paper
8.Stirring rod
9.China dish
 PROCEDURE
1. Start the experiment by placing tripod
over a Spirit lamp with china dish above
it.
2. Add some water into the china dish.
[Note: If too much water is used, the
polymer does not solidify and remains a
liquid ]
3. Then add starch little by little with
continuous stirring. Avoid making air
bubbles. [Note: When starch is dried from
an aqueous solution it forms a film as a
result of hydrogen bonding between the
chains]
4. Add some HCl into the mixture. [Note:
After step 3 However, the amylopectin
inhibits the formation of the film. The
addition of hydrochloric acid breaks the
amylopectin down, allowing a more
satisfactory film formation
5. Add propan1,2,3-triol in suitable
amount. Note: The addition of propan-
1,2,3-triol has an effect because of its
 hydroscopic (water attracting)
properties. Water bound to the propan-
1,2,3-triol gets in amongst the starch
chains and inhibits the formation of
crystalline areas, preventing brittleness
and resulting in more ‘plastic’ properties.
6. To neutralize HCl add some NaOH into
it.
7.After you observe it forming like Plastic
film or Vaseline like gel lay it down to flat
surface.
8. Spread it into long sheet of desired
thickness.
9.let it dry properly for at least an hour .
10. Peal it out from the surface. And your
plastic is formed.
Process the potatoes and extract potato starch

Heating potato starch with water ,HCL and

NaOH
 Add colour while heating

Spread out on a surface and let it cool.

Carefully peel out when dry.
 CONCLUSION
Thus we obtain a fair looking
plastic. Things that could be done
better is to pierce out plastic properly
once its prepared and little food colour
can be added for good appearance .

RESULTS
We obtained a Plastic piece which
demonstrates that starch can be used
to make plastic.
BIBLIOGRAPHY
https://www.google.com/
https://www.youtube.com/

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