LibGuides: Science: Unit 4 Chemistry

Science Research Databases

Gale Power Search This link opens in a new window
Searches all Gale Databases in our subscription package.
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Gale Academic One File Select This link opens in a new window
Gale Academic One file select provides to scholarly journals, magazines, and newspapers across disciplines, in the arts and humanities, social sciences, and science and technology.
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Gale in Context Science This link opens in a new window
Gale in Context Science provides information on today's most significant science topics, showing how scientific disciplines relate to real-world issues, from weather patterns to obesity.
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Gale in Context High School This link opens in a new window
Gale in Context High School provides access to full-text magazines, academic journals, primary source documents, images and videos on a wide array of subjects.
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Gale in Context: Middle School This link opens in a new window
Gale in context middle school contains videos, newspapers, magazines, primary sources, and much more.
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Gale One File News This link opens in a new window
Gale OneFile: News provides access to more than 2,300 major world newspapers, and includes thousands of images, radio and TV broadcasts and transcripts.
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JSTOR This link opens in a new window
JSTOR provides access to a wide range of academic journals.
Use the following details if accessing from home:
Username: mfac
Password: journals2019
The Conversation This link opens in a new window
Australian based organisation, authors must be a member of an academic or research institution.

Sustainable plastic research links

Claim: Sustainable plastics produced from renewable sources are greener.

Sustainable Plastics Inspired by Nature
Good starting point for this topic, American Physics Society
Eco-Profile of Compostable Plastic
World Centric site
PLA Plastic/Material: All You Need to Know
ALL3DP site, 3D printing. Provides detail about production of Polylactic Acid,
The lifecycle of plastics
WWF article
An Introduction to PET
PETRA (PET Resin association) article
Global Assessment of Bisphenol A in the Environment
US National Library of medicine article.
Chemical Degradation of End-of-Life Poly(lactic acid) into Methyl Lactate by a Zn(II) Complex
American Chemist society article
The Definitive Guide to Polypropylene (PP)
Omnexus site
Effects of biodegradable plastic film mulching on soil microbial communities in two agroecosystems
PeerJ open access article.
Biodegradable and Compostable Alternatives to Conventional Plastics
JSTOR article from Philosophical Transactions: Biological Sciences, 2009.

Functional Properties of Polypropylene and Poly (lactic acid) Reinforced with Bamboo Fabric for Packaging Applications
Academia Paper
Most polymers used in packaging are obtained from non-biodegradable petroleum resources which contribute to a huge amount of waste. Poly (lactic acid) (PLA) is a good candidate to replace polypropylene (PP) in packaging applications, due to its excellent mechanical properties and biodegradability.
Plastics go green
An article in ChemMatters April 2010