Question

describe how bentonte clay, shea butter, bees wax is a polymer

Answer 1

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Bentonite clay ( Known as Montmorillonite) is one of the absorbent kind of healing clay. Bentonite clay is made from minerals such as calcium, potassium, iron, sodium, and magnesium. In present days, polymers are absorbed to the surfaces of bentonite clay to prepare polymer treated clays.

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Shea butter is an important plant fat and it is very popular for personal care products, cosmetics, and foods. Shea butter has unsaturated fatty acids composition and used in cosmeceutical, pharmaceutical and nutraceutical applications.

Shea butter has very low amount of free fatty acid levels and is very stable. It should be stored in proper conditions because improper storage conditions can be harmful and may lead to very high peroxide levels. Peroxides result from autoxidation may lead to formation of volatile and malodorous compounds such as aldehydes or ketones.

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Beeswax is a natural polymer, which is inert and biodegradable and it is used as a base biomaterial for preparation of microspheres surrounded by Capecitabine ( anti‒cancer drug for drug delivery). Beeswax are hydrophobic in nature. Beeswax is a complex mixture of both saturated and unsaturated hydrocarbons, free fatty acids, free fatty alcohols, and linear and complex monoesters.