Biodegradable Plastic Part 3

now with corn starch...

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CORN STARCH!

I went down to the culinary classroom at my high school and was able to get a bag of corn starch to aid in this experiment. it's only enough for one try but if it works I'll know what to buy in the future. 

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Mixing 

I mixed the cornstarch in with the water and vinegar and then poured it into a metal tray 

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Baking 

i then baked the tray in the oven at 200F degrees for 30 minutes 

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Results 

after 5 days the solution turned into flakes (not shown), it seemed a lot lot closer to plastic then part 1 or 2 but still not quite there yet. In the next part I will try adding some other suggested ingredients from academic papers that could aid in creating the plastic.

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