Dimensional changes of starch microcellular foam during the exchange of water with ethanol and subsequent drying

BioResources

Volumn 5, Issue 1, 2010, Pages 121-134

  Patel, Sameerkumar V ^a   Venditti, Richard A ^a   Pawlak, Joel J ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Contraction; Density; Foam; Microcellular; Precipitation; Solvent exchange; Starch aquagel

Indexed keywords

CONTRACTION; DENSITY; MICROCELLULAR; PRECIPITATION; SOLVENT EXCHANGE;

ADSORPTION; CURING; ETHANOL; INDUSTRIAL RESEARCH; MATERIALS; MICROCELLULAR RADIO SYSTEMS; STARCH; WATER CONTENT;

DRYING;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956078075     PISSN: None     EISSN: 19302126     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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