Water-free blending of thermoplastic starch and polyethylene for rotomoulding

Starch/Staerke

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2009, Pages 43-45

  Lescher, Peter ^a   Jayaraman, Krishnan ^a   Bhattacharyya, Debes ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF AUCKLAND   (New Zealand)

Author keywords

Rotational moulding; Thermoplastic starch; Water free; X Ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

BLENDING; DIFFRACTION; EXTRUSION; GLYCEROL; LIQUEFIED GASES; LIQUID NITROGEN; MOLDING; POWDERS; PRESSURE CONTROL; REINFORCED PLASTICS; ROTATIONAL MOLDING; THERMOPLASTICS; X RAY ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION; X RAY DIFFRACTION ANALYSIS;

%MOISTURE; CENTRIFUGAL MILLS; EXTRUDATE; MAIZE STARCHES; ROTATIONAL MOULDING; ROTOMOULDING; SINGLE STEPS; THERMOPLASTIC STARCH; VACUUM OVENS; WATER-FREE;

STARCH;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 59349093343     PISSN: 00389056     EISSN: 1521379X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/star.200800041     Document Type: Article

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