08674 Modern Packaging Materials for Electronic Equipment: Biodegradable and Vapor Phase Corrosion Inhibitor Treated

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Product Number: 51300-08674-SG

ISBN: 08674 2008 CP

Author: Bob Berg

Publication Date: 2008

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Biodegradable products are becoming an ever increasing forced decision rather than a choice, due to the swelling landfills in the U.S. and throughout the world. With the biodegradation rate of roughly one hundred years for standard petrochemical derived plastics, there is simply no more room for these plastics. One of the biggest culprits of this problem, are non biodegradable plastic bags or films used for consumer use and in industrial shipping. More and more companies are distributing biodegradable bags or films but with customer’s alike, giving feedback that price and mechanical properties of these mainly starch based materials, are less than adequate for their application. Therefore, there is a demand for a biodegradable bag or film, with mechanical properties comparable to non biodegradable plastics but with a similar cost. With this in mind, the packaging of electrical equipment using a biodegradable film with similar properties and price to a non biodegradable film is sought [1]. This paper presents a description of a biodegradable film that will provide excellent contact, barrier and vapor phase corrosion inhibition, along with static decay and surface resistivity values, that fall into the anti-stat range, otherwise known as a Anti-stat Biodegradable Corrosion inhibiting film (ABC film).