| CPC C08L 97/02 (2013.01) [A41D 19/0055 (2013.01); C08J 5/18 (2013.01); C08K 5/0041 (2013.01); C09B 61/00 (2013.01); A41D 19/00 (2013.01); C08J 2397/02 (2013.01); C08J 2401/02 (2013.01); C08J 2403/02 (2013.01); C08J 2429/10 (2013.01); C08J 2499/00 (2013.01); C08K 5/053 (2013.01); C08K 2201/018 (2013.01); C08L 1/00 (2013.01); C08L 3/00 (2013.01); C08L 27/06 (2013.01); C08L 2201/06 (2013.01); C08L 2203/16 (2013.01); C08L 2205/035 (2013.01); C08L 2205/16 (2013.01)] | 10 Claims |

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1. An acid treatment method of producing a bio-derived wearable film, the method comprising
washing palm stem pith with a sodium hypochlorite solution; then
blending the palm stem pith and water to form a raw plant mixture;
heating the raw plant mixture to form a cooked plant mixture;
acid treating the cooked plant mixture with an aqueous inorganic acid selected from the group consisting of nitric acid, sulfuric acid, and phosphoric acid at 30 to 60° C. to form a treated plant mixture;
mixing the treated plant mixture with a starch, a cellulose, a synthetic polymer, a plant hydrogel, glycerin, and a dye to form an uncured mixture;
adjusting a pH of the uncured mixture to a pH of 6.5 to 8.5;
heating the uncured mixture to 125 to 175° C. to form a cured mixture; and
drying the cured mixture at 60 to 100° C. to form the bio-derived wearable film.
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