Environmentally compatible foamed articles based on potato starch, corn fiber, and poly(vinyl alcohol)

Journal of Cellular Plastics

Volumn 45, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 17-32

  Chiellini, E ^a   Cinelli, P ^a   Ilieva, V I ^a   Imam, S H ^b   Lawton, J W ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PISA   (Italy)

^b AGRICULTURAL RESEARCH SERVICE   (United States)

^c NATIONAL CENTER FOR AGRICULTURAL UTILIZATION RESEARCH   (United States)

Author keywords

Biodegradation.; Foams; Natural fibers; Polyvinyl alcohol; Starch

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; FIBERS; MICROBIOLOGY; MILLING (MACHINING); NATURAL FIBERS; POROUS MATERIALS; SOILS; SPINNING (FIBERS); STARCH; WATER CONTENT;

CORN FIBERS; DEGRADABILITY; ENVIRONMENTALLY COMPATIBLE; FASTER RATES; FIBERS CONTENTS; FOAMED MATERIALS; FOAMING PROCESSES; MILLING PROCESSES; MOISTURE RESISTANCES; OVERALL COSTS; POLY(VINYL ALCOHOL); POTATO STARCHES; PROCESSING PARAMETERS; SOIL SURFACES; WATER RESISTANCES;

TEXTILE BLENDS;

BIOCHEMISTRY; BIODEGRADATION; COMPOSTING; DEGRADATION; FIBERS; FOAM; MACHINING; MICROBIOLOGY; MOISTURE CONTENT; NATURAL FIBERS; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL; POROUS MATERIALS; SOIL; SPINNING; STARCH;

EID: 58349097962     PISSN: 0021955X     EISSN: 15307999     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021955X08099932     Document Type: Article

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