Effects of LDPE and glycerol contents and compounding on the microstructure and properties of starch composite films

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 82, Issue 4, 2010, Pages 1082-1089

  Pushpadass, Heartwin A ^a,b   Bhandari, Pratik ^a   Hanna, Milford A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

^b NATIONAL DAIRY RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (India)

Author keywords

Compounding; Extrusion; Films; LDPE; Properties; Starch

Indexed keywords

COMPOUNDING; CORN STARCH; FILM FORMATIONS; IMMISCIBLE POLYMER; INFRARED SPECTRUM; LDPE; MATRIX; MICROSTRUCTURE AND PROPERTIES; PROPERTIES; SEM MICROGRAPHS; SINGLE-STEP; STARCH COMPOSITES; STRESS TRANSFER; THERMOPLASTIC STARCH; TWIN SCREW EXTRUSION; TWO-STEP PROCESS; WATER VAPOR BARRIERS; WATER VAPOR PERMEABILITY; X-RAY PATTERNS;

BUILDING MATERIALS; COMPOSITE FILMS; COMPOUNDING (CHEMICAL); DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; EXTRUSION; GLYCEROL; MICROSTRUCTURE; PHASE INTERFACES; PHASE SEPARATION; SPECTROSCOPY; STARCH; WATER CONTENT; WATER VAPOR;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

ZEA MAYS;

EID: 77956483685     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2010.06.032     Document Type: Article

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