Examination of injection moulded thermoplastic maize starch

Express Polymer Letters

Volumn 1, Issue 12, 2007, Pages 804-809

  Tabi T ^a   Kovacs J G ^a  

^a BUDAPEST UNIVERSITY OF TECHNOLOGY AND ECONOMICS   (Hungary)

Author keywords

Biodegradable polymers; Injection moulding; Thermoplastic starch

Indexed keywords

EID: 47249157858     PISSN: 1788618X     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.3144/expresspolymlett.2007.111     Document Type: Article

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