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In this chapter a study of biopolymer is presented. Biopolymer is classified into five categories in this book namely polylactide, thermoplastic starch, cellulose, polyhydroxyalkanoates and synthetic biopolymer.
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This chapter is written together with J. Sahari and Mohd Kamal Mohd Shah of Universiti Malaysia Sabah, Malaysia.
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Salit, M.S. (2014). Biopolymer. In: Tropical Natural Fibre Composites. Engineering Materials. Springer, Singapore. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-981-287-155-8_3
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