TY - JOUR
T1 - Unlocking the Secret of Bio-additive Components in Rubber Compounding in Processing Quality Nitrile Glove
AU - Yew, Guo Yong
AU - Tham, Thing Chai
AU - Show, Pau Loke
AU - Ho, Yeek Chia
AU - Ong, Siew Kooi
AU - Law, Chung Lim
AU - Song, Changnian
AU - Chang, Jo Shu
N1 - Funding Information:
The author has acknowledged that this work is financially sponsored by the Fundamental Research Grant Scheme (Malaysia, FRGS/1/2019/UNIM) and the Provincial Natural Science Fund of Jiangsu, China (BK20140708).
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© 2020, Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, part of Springer Nature.
PY - 2020/5/1
Y1 - 2020/5/1
N2 - The sustainability of nitrile glove production process is essential both in the financial and energy perspective. Nitrile glove has the lowest material cost with positive mechanical and chemical performance quality for the disposable glove market. Nitrile glove also holds a major market in disposable gloves sector, and nitrile rubber compounds may contribute to the huge reduction of the capital cost for a pair of surgical gloves due to the inexpensive raw material compares with other synthetic polyisoprene or neoprene. Hence, blending of bio-additive into the nitrile latex might support the 3 pillars of sustainability for environmental, societal, and financial sector. Bio-additives helps increase the degradation rate of gloves under natural conditions. Bio-based substances could be derived from food waste, natural plants, and aquatic plants like micro- and macro algae. Furthermore, antimicrobial agent (e.g. brilliant green and cyclohexadiene) is the trend in surgical glove for coated as protecting layer, due to the capability to remove pathogens or bacterial on the surgeon hands during operation period. Besides, the section in energy recovery is a proposing gateway for reducing the financial cost and makes the process sustainable.
AB - The sustainability of nitrile glove production process is essential both in the financial and energy perspective. Nitrile glove has the lowest material cost with positive mechanical and chemical performance quality for the disposable glove market. Nitrile glove also holds a major market in disposable gloves sector, and nitrile rubber compounds may contribute to the huge reduction of the capital cost for a pair of surgical gloves due to the inexpensive raw material compares with other synthetic polyisoprene or neoprene. Hence, blending of bio-additive into the nitrile latex might support the 3 pillars of sustainability for environmental, societal, and financial sector. Bio-additives helps increase the degradation rate of gloves under natural conditions. Bio-based substances could be derived from food waste, natural plants, and aquatic plants like micro- and macro algae. Furthermore, antimicrobial agent (e.g. brilliant green and cyclohexadiene) is the trend in surgical glove for coated as protecting layer, due to the capability to remove pathogens or bacterial on the surgeon hands during operation period. Besides, the section in energy recovery is a proposing gateway for reducing the financial cost and makes the process sustainable.
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U2 - 10.1007/s12010-019-03207-7
DO - 10.1007/s12010-019-03207-7
M3 - Review article
C2 - 32006247
AN - SCOPUS:85078951128
VL - 191
JO - Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
JF - Applied Biochemistry and Biotechnology
SN - 0273-2289
IS - 1
ER -