ʻO ka polylactic acid (PLA) ka ikaika tensile maikaʻi loa a me ka ductility.Hiki ke hana ʻia ka PLA e nā ʻano hana hana maʻamau, e like me ka hoʻoheheʻe ʻana i ka extrusion molding, injection molding, film blowing molding, foaming molding a me vacuum molding.Loaʻa iā ia nā kūlana hana like me nā polymers i hoʻohana nui ʻia.Eia hou, loaʻa iā ia ka hana paʻi like me nā kiʻiʻoniʻoni kahiko.Ma kēia ala, hiki ke hana ʻia ka polylactic acid i nā ʻano huahana noi e like me nā pono o nā ʻoihana like ʻole.
ʻO ka kiʻiʻoniʻoni lactic acid (PLA) he maikaʻi ka ea permeability, oxygen permeability a me carbon dioxide permeability.Loaʻa iā ia nā ʻano o ka hoʻokaʻawale ʻana i ka ʻala.He mea maʻalahi ka hoʻopili ʻana i nā maʻi maʻi a me nā mold i ka ʻili o nā plastic biodegradable, no laila ke kānalua nei ka palekana a me ka maʻemaʻe.Eia nō naʻe, ʻo ka polylactic acid wale nō ka plastic biodegradable me ke kūpaʻa antibacterial maikaʻi loa a me ka mildew.
I ka hoʻopau ʻana i ka waika polylactic (PLA), ua like kona waiwai calorific combustion me ka pepa i hoʻopau ʻia, ʻo ia ka hapalua o ka hoʻopau ʻana i nā plastics kuʻuna (e like me ka polyethylene), a ʻaʻole loa e hoʻokuʻu ka insineration o PLA i nā kinoea ʻona e like me nitrides a sulfides.Aia i loko o ke kino kanaka ka lactic acid ma ke ʻano o ka monomer, e hōʻike ana i ka palekana o kēia huahana decomposition.