Effect of citric acid and processing on the performance of thermoplastic starch/montmorillonite nanocomposites

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 76, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 68-73

  Wang, Ning ^a   Zhang, Xingxiang ^a   Han, Na ^a   Bai, Shihe ^a  

^a TIANJIN POLYTECHNIC UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Citric acid; Extrusion; Montmorillonite; Starch; Thermoplastic

Indexed keywords

ACIDS; CITRIC ACID; CLAY MINERALS; EMULSIFICATION; EXTRUSION; FOURIER TRANSFORMS; GLYCEROL; HEAT SHIELDING; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; LIGHT WEIGHT ROLLING STOCK; MECHANICAL PERMEABILITY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; MELT SPINNING; NANOCOMPOSITES; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICATE MINERALS; STARCH; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; WATER VAPOR; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

EXTRUSION PROCESSING; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED; HIGH SPEEDS; MELT EXTRUSION PROCESSING; MONTMORILLONITE; MULTILAYER STRUCTURES; PROCESSING CONDITIONS; WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITIES; X-RAY DIFFRACTIONS;

POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES;

EID: 58149503985     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2008.09.021     Document Type: Article

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