Who said "potato"?: Starch-based thermoplastics

Plastics Engineering

Volumn 66, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 42-44

  Inman, Hope ^a  

^a NONE

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS; ENERGY UTILIZATION; SOLVENTS; STARCH; WASTE MANAGEMENT;

AMYLOSE CONTENT; HEAT-RESISTANT PROPERTIES; HYDROPHILIC PLASTICIZERS; NON-VOLATILE; PLASTIC INDUSTRY; STARCH CONTENTS; SYNTHETIC POLYMERS; THERMOPLASTIC STARCH;

REINFORCED PLASTICS;

EID: 77953559365     PISSN: 00919578     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1002/j.1941-9635.2010.tb00560.x     Document Type: Article

References (3)

1. "Bio-plastics: Turning Wheat and Potatoes Into Plastics, " The Naked Scientists, www.thenakedscientists.com/HTML/articles/article/bioplastics (accessed Feb. 1, 2010).
2. "Biodegradable Starch-Based Polymers", Biodegradable Plastics - Developments and Environmental Impacts, prepared by the Department of the Environment, Water, Heritage and the Arts, Australian Government, in association with ExcelPIas Australia (October 2002).
3. "Global Demand for Bioplastics To Reach 900,000 Metric Tons in 2013", World Bioplastics, The Freedonia Group, Inc. (released Nov. 9, 2009).