Casein Plastic Sheets

Today plastic is a term referring to the fossil based polymer that begun production on industrial scale in the 1940s.

Casein plastic sheets.

I am interested in the ivory and tortoise colors. Ford at one point had experimented making a plastic car substituting casein based plastics with soybean and hemp based plastics see henry s hobbies pg 283. Casein plastic and starch based plastic. Due to its extensive colour range casein was popular for small decorative and functional objects and was used extensively in the button trade.

I am inquiring about the casein plastic sheets and wondering if you have sheets for sale. Shellac phonograph records are developed and soon become an industry standard. Casein a plastic derived from milk proteins developed by wilhelm krische and adolph spitteler. In the early 1900 s casein plastic like this was used to make many plastic objects including buttons and jewelry.

The casein chains you formed in this experiment will harden into a type of plastic. They form together in chains known as polymers. Casein is a beautiful plastic and warm to the touch unlike most. Curds are the fat and casein protein from the milk.

Casein or galalith was a plastic made from milk protein and formaldehyde. Nowadays the products are used in applications ranging from cutlery to electronic devices and much more. All plastics are polymers. The raw casein protein in granule or powder form is not hard to find but the finished plastic is.

But although it s ideal for jewelry that even queen mary admired casein based plastic is too brittle for much more than adornment. Casein the chief protein in milk and the essential ingredient of cheese. Invented in germany it was launched by the international galalith gesseschaft hoff co. Casein based plastic has been around since the 1880s when a french chemist treated casein with formaldehyde to produce a material that could substitute for ivory or tortoiseshell.

And also if you know of anyone that has these materials for sale to luthiers. Auguste trillat discovered the means to insolubilize casein by immersion in formaldehyde producing material marketed as galalith. The casein is finally rinsed and dried most of the harmful chemical leaving the end product by off gassing and repeated rinsing. Cow s milk contains about 3 percent casein.

At the paris universal exhibition of 1900 casein plastic could not be moulded like bakelite but had to be cut or carved from rods or sheets. In the year 2012 the to. Pure casein is an amorphous white solid without.