Inorganically filled starch based fiber reinforced composite foam materials for food packaging

Materials Research Innovations

Volumn 3, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 2-8

  Andersen, Per Just ^a   Kumar, Amitabha ^a   Hodson, Simon K ^a  

^a E Khashoggi Industries   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradable; Composites; Fiber reinforced; Foam; Food packaging; Inorganic organic; Life cycle analysis; Starch

Indexed keywords

EID: 0033148110     PISSN: 14328917     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s100190050118     Document Type: Article

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