The structural unit of the PLA polymer.
Polylactic acid or polyacid lactic acid (PLA) is a polymer made up of molecules of lactic acid, with properties similar to those of polyethylene terephthalate (PET) used to make packaging, but which is also biodegradable. It easily degrades in water and carbon oxide.
It is a thermoplastic that is obtained from corn starch (USA) or cassava or cassava (mostly in Asia), or sugarcane (rest of the world).
It is widely used in 3D printing under the FDM process. The second largest producer in the world of PLA is the weforyou group with an annual capacity of pure PLA and 50,000 tons compounds. l island of stability.
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