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1) Starch from potatoes can be used to create bioplastics. When starch is heated in water, it forms a film through hydrogen bonding between its glucose chains. 2) An experiment tested how adding glycerol, glue, or sugar affected the flexibility and tensile strength of potato starch films. Glycerol increased flexibility by inhibiting crystallization between chains. Glue increased flexibility while maintaining strength. 3) Tensile strength was highest for the glue sample (6.919 MPa) and lowest for the gly

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Viene Xelo

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