Processing and Properties of Low Cost Corn Gluten Meal/Wood Fiber Composite

Industrial and Engineering Chemistry Research

Volumn 42, Issue 26, 2003, Pages 6765-6773

  Wu, Qiangxian ^a   Sakabe, Hiroshi ^a   Isobe, Seiichiro ^a  

^a NATIONAL FOOD RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPOSITE MATERIALS; CONTAINERS; ETHANOL; GLYCEROL; MORPHOLOGY; NATURAL FIBERS; THERMODYNAMIC STABILITY; VISCOSITY; WATER;

MECHANICAL ENERGY;

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS;

GLUTEN;

COMPOSITE; FIBER;

ARTICLE; COMPRESSION; CORN; FIBER; MORPHOLOGY; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STRENGTH; THERMOSTABILITY; VISCOSITY; WATER CONTENT; WOOD;

EID: 0347995094     PISSN: 08885885     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/ie0303045     Document Type: Article

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