Thermal and viscoelastic properties of alginate/poly(vinyl alcohol) blends cross-linked with calcium tetraborate

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 39, Issue 2, 1999, Pages 139-144

  Miura, Kenshi ^a   Kimura, Noritaka ^a   Suzuki, Hidematsu ^a   Miyashita, Yoshiharu ^b   Nishio, Yoshiyuki ^b  

^a NAGAOKA UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

^b TOKYO UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CALCIUM COMPOUNDS; COMPLEXATION; CROSSLINKING; EVAPORATION; GLASS TRANSITION; MELTING; PLASTIC FILMS; POLYSACCHARIDES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; SOLUBILITY; THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; VISCOELASTICITY;

ALGINATE; CALCIUM TETRABORATE; MELTING POINT; THERMAL TRANSITION;

POLYMER BLENDS;

POTATO VIRUS A;

EID: 0032676146     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/S0144-8617(98)00162-3     Document Type: Article

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