10.6084/m9.figshare.10025702.v1 Thainá Araújo de Oliveira Thainá Araújo de Oliveira Islaine de Oliveira Mota Islaine de Oliveira Mota Laura Hecker de Carvalho Laura Hecker de Carvalho Renata Barbosa Renata Barbosa Tatianny Soares Alves Tatianny Soares Alves Influence of Carnauba Wax on Films of Poly (Butylene Adipate Co-Terephthalate) and Sugarcane Residue for Application in Soil Cover (Mulching) SciELO journals 2019 Biodegradable polymers plasticulture composite transmittance 2019-10-23 04:20:12 Dataset https://scielo.figshare.com/articles/dataset/Influence_of_Carnauba_Wax_on_Films_of_Poly_Butylene_Adipate_Co-Terephthalate_and_Sugarcane_Residue_for_Application_in_Soil_Cover_Mulching_/10025702 <div><p>The population increase, urbanization and climatic change adversely affect the agricultural production have prompted actions to improve the means of production without affecting the environment. One of the actions to make the production of food more efficient and sustainable is the use of plastics in protection of crops, soils and packaging, for example. Therefore, the aim of this work was to develop flat extruded mulch films of poly (butylene adipate-co-terephthalate)/2.5 and 5.0% sugar cane residue/2.0% carnauba wax for application in soil cover and characterize them as to their chemical structure, morphology and transmittance. The FTIR results suggest that there was no chemical interaction between the components of the mulch films. SEM images and optical microscopy showed that the polymer matrix was able to cover sugarcane residues and that the carnauba wax dispersed well in the PBAT matrix. In addition, carnauba wax addition increased the transmittance of these mulch films.</p></div>