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New Eco-Friendly Coating Formulations to Improve Strength and Physical Properties of Recycled Paper Boards for Sustainable Packaging Applications
Ramnath Shenoy1
,
Prakasha Shetty2†
,
Shivananda Wagle3
1Department of Media Technology, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Deemed University), Manipal-576104, Assistant Professor (Senior Scale)
2Department of Chemistry, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Deemed University), Manipal-576104, Professor and Head of the Department
3R&D, Manipal Technologies Limited, Manipal-576104, General Manager
†Corresponding author: E-Mail: prakash.shetty@manipal.edu (Address: Department of Chemistry, Manipal Institute of Technology, Manipal Academy of Higher Education (Deemed University), Manipal-576104, India)
30 June 2021. pp. 36-48
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Abstract

This research work emphasizes the applicability of eco-friendly clay-based coating formulation on recycled paperboards to improve strength properties. Two new clay-based coating formulations were prepared using china clay (F1) and montmorillonite clay (F2) as the main constituents and acronal, sorbitol, and ammonia as other additives. The coating was performed using K bar coater at three different thicknesses (4, 10, and 15 μm). The strength and physical properties of recycled paperboard coated with formulations F1 and F2 were compared. It was found that the strength properties of recycled paperboards coated with formulation F1 were higher, and the physical properties (porosity and cobb) were lower than formulation F2. Scanning electron microscopy (SEM) analysis indicated reducing pores and unevenness on the surface of recycled paperboards when coated with formulation F1. The atomic force microscopy (AFM) images of the recycled paperboards coated with formulation F1 revealed improved surface smoothness for a coating thickness of 4 μm.

Keywords
Recycled paperboards
packaging
color difference
coating formulation
strength properties
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  • Publisher :Korea Technical Association of The Pulp and Paper Industry
  • Publisher(Ko) :한국펄프종이공학회
  • Journal Title :Journal of Korea TAPPI
  • Journal Title(Ko) :펄프종이기술
  • Volume : 53
  • No :3
  • Pages :36-48
  • Received Date : 2021-02-09
  • Revised Date : 2021-06-13
  • Accepted Date : 2021-06-16
  • DOI :https://doi.org/10.7584/JKTAPPI.2021.06.53.3.36
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