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Re:Better disposable coffee cups can be made with waste from... by djrogers on Sunday November 15, 2020 @10:03AM (#25101693)
The article said nothing about maintaining a boil in the test cups - presumably the water in the cups under test cooled as well, no?
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Re:Better disposable coffee cups can be made with waste from... by GekkePrutser on Sunday November 15, 2020 @02:13PM (#25103816)
Well that's exactly what I'm asking.

PLA is known to get soft at near-boiling temps. Cups do start leaking and generally slump into a puddle. But this is purely an effect of the heat, it can handle the water just fine if it's cold.

This is unmodified PLA so I wonder if this isn't the same with the 'modified' stuff, or if the added fibres get soft when they get wet like paper.

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