Preparation and characterization of microcrystaline cellulose and wood powder added polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) composites through solvent method

The production cost of the polyhydroxybutyrate is very high. Therefore, the basic tenets of the studies on polyhydroxybutyrate are the discovery of strains that have high PHB production capacity and making PHB more economic by using cheaper raw materials. In this study, polyhydroxybutyrate (PHB) will be used as the polymer matrix and wood flour and microcrystalline cellulose will be added to the polymer matrix with the most appropriate proportion to reduce the production cost. Later, nano/macro particles will be mixed with PHB extrusion and solvent casting will be used in the preparation of PHB matrix thermoplastic composites. This study will perform mechanic tests on the material with TGA,SEM, XRD and FTIR analyses.