Properties of a plasticised starch blend - Part 2: Influence of strain rate, temperature and moisture on the tensile yield behaviour

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 74, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 366-371

  Chaleat C M ^a   Michel Amadry, G ^a   Halley, P J ^a   Truss, R W ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF QUEENSLAND   (Australia)

Author keywords

Moisture content; Plasticised starch; Starch blend; Yield behaviour

Indexed keywords

DYNAMIC MECHANICAL ANALYSIS; GLASS TRANSITION; MOISTURE; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; STARCH; STRESSES; THERMOANALYSIS; WATER CONTENT; YIELD STRESS;

DEFORMATION BEHAVIOUR; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL THERMAL ANALYSIS; EFFECT OF TEMPERATURE; HIGH TEMPERATURES; LOW STRAIN RATES; MOISTURE CONTENT; MOLECULAR UNDERSTANDING; PLASTICISED STARCH; RICH PHASE; STARCH BLEND; YIELD BEHAVIOUR;

STRAIN RATE;

EID: 49149128180     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.03.002     Document Type: Article

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