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Review
. 2022 Dec 19;14(24):5551.
doi: 10.3390/polym14245551.

Chemical Structures, Properties, and Applications of Selected Crude Oil-Based and Bio-Based Polymers

Piotr Koczoń  1 , Bartłomiej Bartyzel  2 , Anna Iuliano  3 , Dorota Klensporf-Pawlik  4 , Dorota Kowalska  1 , Ewa Majewska  1 , Katarzyna Tarnowska  1 , Bartłomiej Zieniuk  1 , Eliza Gruczyńska-Sękowska  1
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Chemical Structures, Properties, and Applications of Selected Crude Oil-Based and Bio-Based Polymers

Piotr Koczoń et al. Polymers (Basel). .

Abstract

The growing perspective of running out of crude oil followed by increasing prices for all crude oil-based materials, e.g., crude oil-based polymers, which have a huge number of practical applications but are usually neither biodegradable nor environmentally friendly, has resulted in searching for their substitutes-namely, bio-based polymers. Currently, both these types of polymers are used in practice worldwide. Owing to the advantages and disadvantages occurring among plastics with different origin, in this current review data on selected popular crude oil-based and bio-based polymers has been collected in order to compare their practical applications resulting from their composition, chemical structure, and related physical and chemical properties. The main goal is to compare polymers in pairs, which have the same or similar practical applications, regardless of different origin and composition. It has been proven that many crude oil-based polymers can be effectively replaced by bio-based polymers without significant loss of properties that ensure practical applications. Additionally, biopolymers have higher potential than crude oil-based polymers in many modern applications. It is concluded that the future of polymers will belong to bio-based rather than crude oil-based polymers.

Keywords: application; bio-based polymers; chemical structure; crude oil-based; properties.

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The authors declare no conflict of interest.

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The fragment of polyethylene structure.
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The fragment of polyhydroxybutyrate structure.
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The fragment of polystyrene structure.
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The fragment of polylactide structure.
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The fragment of polyethylene terephthalate structure.
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The fragment of chitosan structure.
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The fragment of polyvinyl chloride structure.
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The fragment of pullulan structure.
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