Team:Yale/Project Bioplastic
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+ | <center>[[File:Yale Y plastic.png|200px]]<br> This PLA "Y" is for demonstration purposes only. <br> It was not made from PLA extracted from ''E. coli.'' It was 3D printed using commercially available PLA. </center> |
Revision as of 01:36, 26 September 2013
Make a bioplastic
- We are in the process extracting the PLA using traditional chemical methods. This will allow us to characterization the compound. Our goal is to melt it down into a mold and form a Yale.
![Yale Y plastic.png](/wiki/images/1/1b/Yale_Y_plastic.png)
This PLA "Y" is for demonstration purposes only.
It was not made from PLA extracted from E. coli. It was 3D printed using commercially available PLA.