The traditional material of utensil is always plastic, stainless steel and ceramics. My friend recommends corn utensil to me. She said corn products made of corn are free from not only environmental hormone but also other hazardous ingredients like carcinogenic substance, heavy metals and the like. Though made of corn ingredient, have same durability as plastic products made of petrochemicals, the former is not easily broken even when dropped. I want to know whether any of you ever heard or ever used?
What's your utensil material? Have you ever heard corn utensil?
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I've used corn utensils. They are just like plastic ones for the most part. But be careful with hot stuff, some biodegradable spoons aren't designed to take the heat. Once I stuck a corn spoon in a bowl of soup and it came out wilted and bent.
polyacetic acid.
one of the most popular filaments used in 3d printing.
wtf heavy metals are you talking about?
one of the most popular filaments used in 3d printing.
wtf heavy metals are you talking about?
I have used corn and potato starch based 'plastic' utensils. As heathotsauce said above they aren't much different than plastic save that some of them don't hold up well when used with hot food (like hot soup or chili or whatever).
fwiw. the fact they are a very cheap low melting point thermoplastic is what makes them so attractive in those little filament 3d printers.
its a thermoplastic.
when it melts its just becoming soft and or a fluid again... its not decomposing. you are not putting yourself in danger... its one of the safest plastics i remember reading about.
its thermal decomposition temperature is higher than boiling water.... idk exactly, but those 3d printer nozzles can run PLA well over 100c from what i remember reading.
the REAL interesting 3d filament printing shit has been coming down this and last year with the first PEEK filaments coming out... PEEK is the SHIT mechaniically speaking... similar to aluminum alloys in many respects. i think you have to print it at absurd temperatures though.
when it melts its just becoming soft and or a fluid again... its not decomposing. you are not putting yourself in danger... its one of the safest plastics i remember reading about.
its thermal decomposition temperature is higher than boiling water.... idk exactly, but those 3d printer nozzles can run PLA well over 100c from what i remember reading.
the REAL interesting 3d filament printing shit has been coming down this and last year with the first PEEK filaments coming out... PEEK is the SHIT mechaniically speaking... similar to aluminum alloys in many respects. i think you have to print it at absurd temperatures though.
