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 Posted: 09/16/07 - 15:55 Post subject: Non-stick Chewing Gum on the Market Soon |
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Revolymer, a company from the University of Bristol, has developed a non-stick chewing gum that can be easily removed from shoes, clothes, pavements and hair.
The new Clean Gum has been tested on street pavements and in all the tests it was removed within 24 hours by natural events while three out of four leading commercial gums remained stuck to the pavements.
The Clean Gum has a great taste, is easily removable and has the potential to be environmentally degradable, said the researchers from the University of Bristol and Revolymer Company. The gum was made less adhesive to most common surfaces by adding an amphiphilic polymer to a modified chewing gum formulation that led to alteration of the interfacial properties of the discarded gum cuds.
The researchers are excited about making the new technology into a real product that could affect the pollution issues related to chewing gums.
The product’s launch is planned for 2008. |
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