Properties of a plasticised starch blend. Part 1: Influence of moisture content on fracture properties

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 71, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 535-543

  Chaléat, Céline M ^a   Halley, Peter J ^a   Truss, Rowan W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Fracture behaviour; Moisture content; Plasticised starch; Starch blend; Tensile properties

Indexed keywords

ELASTIC MODULI; GLASS TRANSITION; MOISTURE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PLASTICITY; TENSILE PROPERTIES;

FRACTURE BEHAVIOR; PLASTICISED STARCH; STARCH BLEND;

STARCH;

EID: 37049024750     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2007.06.029     Document Type: Article

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