Controlling the moisture absorption capacity in a fiber-reinforced thermoplastic starch using sodium trimetaphosphate

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 36, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 299-303

  Wang, G ^a   Thompson, M R ^a   Liu, Q ^b  

^a MCMASTER UNIVERSITY   (Canada)

^b AGRICULTURE AND AGRI FOOD CANADA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Crosslinking; Extrusion; Potato starch; Sisal cellulose fiber

Indexed keywords

ANIONIC CHARACTER; BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL; CELLULOSE FIBER; CROSSLINKING REACTION; DEGREE OF SUBSTITUTION; FOOD PACKAGING; HIGH MOISTURE; HIGH WATER; LOW DEGREE; MODIFIED COMPOSITES; MOISTURE ABSORPTION; PHOSPHATE GROUP; POTATO STARCHES; REACTIVE EXTRUSIONS; SISAL CELLULOSE FIBER; SODIUM TRIMETAPHOSPHATES; THERMOPLASTIC STARCH; TRANSDERMAL; WATER ABSORPTION CAPACITY; WET STRENGTH; WOUND DRESSINGS;

CELLULOSE; CROSSLINKING; EXTRUSION; HYDROGELS; MOISTURE CONTROL; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SODIUM; SORPTION; STARCH; STRENGTH OF MATERIALS; TEXTILE FIBERS;

WATER ABSORPTION;

ABSORPTION; BIODEGRADATION; CELLULOSE; FOOD PROCESSING; MOISTURE CONTENT; POTATO; STARCH;

AGAVE SISALANA; SOLANUM TUBEROSUM;

EID: 82055191531     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2011.10.015     Document Type: Article

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