Thank you for your feedback! Abstract"Plastic made from milk"
—that certainly sounds like something made-up. If you agree, you
may be surprised to learn that in the early 20th century, milk
was used to make many different plastic ornaments —including
jewelry for Queen Mary of England! In this chemistry science
project, you can figure out the best recipe to make your own
milk plastic (usually called casein plastic) and use it to make
beads, ornaments, or other items. In this chemistry science
project, you will investigate which is the best recipe for
making plastic out of milk. What can you make out of milk?
Cheese, butter, whipped cream, sour cream, yogurt, ice cream,
and...plastic! Are you surprised by plastic? It is true. In
fact, from the early 1900s until about 1945, plastic made from
milk was quite common. This plastic, known as casein plastic or
by the trade names Galalith and Erinoid, was used to manufacture
buttons, decorative buckles, beads, and other jewelry, as well
as fountain pens and hand-held m