Investigation of processability of zein based plastics and composites

Annual Technical Conference - ANTEC, Conference Proceedings

Volumn 5, Issue , 2009, Pages 2610-2614

  Srinivasan, Gowrishankar ^a   Grewell, David ^b  

^a Material Science and Engineering

^b Iowa State University   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE PLASTICS; CROSS LINKING AGENTS; MECHANICAL PERFORMANCE; MOLDED COMPOSITES; NATURAL FIBER COMPOSITES; OIL CRISIS; PROCESSABILITY; PROTEIN POLYMERS; SOY PROTEIN;

CROSSLINKING; ELASTOMERS; EXTRUSION MOLDING; PLASTIC PRODUCTS; PLASTICITY; PLASTICIZERS; PLASTICS MOLDING; PROTEINS; SOLVENTS;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

EID: 70449846131     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Conference Proceeding    
DOI: None     Document Type: Conference Paper

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