Thermoplastic corn starch/clay hybrids: Effect of clay type and content on physical properties

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 75, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 712-718

  Magalhaes N F ^a   Andrade, C T ^a  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF RIO DE JANEIRO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Aging; Biodegradation; Clay; Crystallinity; Hybrids; Thermoplastic starch

Indexed keywords

ANGLE MEASUREMENT; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; CONTACT ANGLE; DEGRADATION; DIFFRACTION; GLYCEROL; HEAT SHIELDING; HYBRID MATERIALS; LIGHT WEIGHT ROLLING STOCK; MATERIALS PROPERTIES; MICROBIOLOGY; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; SODIUM; SOIL TESTING; STARCH; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

AGING; BEFORE AND AFTER; BIODEGRADATION TESTS; CLAY CONTENTS; CLAY INTERCALATIONS; CLAY TYPES; CLOISITE; CORN STARCHES; CRYSTALLINITY; EXTRUDATES; HYBRIDS; POLYMERIC MATRIXES; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SODIUM MONTMORILLONITES; TWO TYPES; WEIGHT LOSS MEASUREMENTS; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

CLAY MINERALS;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 57749204986     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.09.020     Document Type: Article

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