Properties of octanoated starch and its blends with polyethylene

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 34, Issue 1-2, 1997, Pages 101-112

  Aburto, J ^a   Thiebaud, S ^a   Alric, I ^a   Borredon, E ^a   Bikiaris, D ^b   Prinos, J ^b   Panayiotou, C ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ DE TOULOUSE   (France)

^b ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

ABSORPTION; ESTERIFICATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; POLYETHYLENES; POLYMER BLENDS; THERMAL EXPANSION; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; WATER ABSORPTION;

DEGREE OF SUBSTITUTION; ELEMENTAL ANALYSIS; ELONGATION; OCTANOATED STARCH; THERMOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

STARCH;

EID: 0031335671     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8617(97)00053-2     Document Type: Article

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