Thermoplastic starch modified during melt processing with organic acids: The effect of molar mass on thermal and mechanical properties

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2011, Pages 152-157

  Da Róz, Alessandra L ^a   Zambon, Márcia D ^b   Curvelo, Antonio A S ^b   Carvalho, Antonio J F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Carboxylic acids; Dynamic mechanical properties; Thermoplastic starch

Indexed keywords

ACID CONTENT; ASCORBIC ACIDS; BATCH MIXERS; CHAIN UNITS; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; CRYSTALLINITIES; DSC MEASUREMENTS; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; DYNAMIC MECHANICAL PROPERTY; FTIR; MELT PROCESSING; MELT VISCOSITIES; MELTING TEMPERATURES; NATIVE STARCH; PROCESSING TIME; SIDE EFFECT; THERMAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; THERMOPLASTIC STARCH; WATER AFFINITY;

CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CITRIC ACID; DYNAMICS; GLYCEROL; KETONES; ORGANIC ACIDS; PLASTICIZERS; REINFORCED PLASTICS; STARCH; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ASCORBIC ACID; CHEMICAL COMPOSITION; CITRIC ACID; FTIR SPECTROSCOPY; STARCH; VISCOPLASTICITY; VISCOSITY; X-RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 78649709190     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2010.09.015     Document Type: Article

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