Effects of Modified Starch and Different Molecular Weight Polyvinyl Alcohols on Biodegradable Characteristics of Polyvinyl Alcohol/Starch Blends

Journal of Polymers and the Environment

Volumn 20, Issue 2, 2012, Pages 550-564

  Chai, Wan Lan ^a   Chow, Jing Dong ^a   Chen, Chien Chung ^b  

^a VANUNG UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

^b TAIPEI MEDICAL UNIVERSITY   (Taiwan)

Author keywords

Biodegradability; Modified processing of starch; Polyvinyl alcohol

Indexed keywords

AMBIENT ENVIRONMENT; BIODEGRADABILITY TESTS; BIODEGRADABLE MATERIAL; CROSS-LINKED STARCH; ELONGATION AT BREAK; ENVIRONMENTAL PROTECTION ADMINISTRATIONS; FIRST ORDER REACTIONS; KINETIC MODELS; KINETICS EXPERIMENTS; MODIFIED STARCHES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOL (PVA); WATER SOLUBILITIES;

BIODEGRADABILITY; BIODEGRADATION; BLENDING; CROSSLINKING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; HYDROCHLORIC ACID; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; REACTION KINETICS; STARCH;

BIODEGRADABLE POLYMERS;

ALCOHOL; BIODEGRADATION; CALORIMETRY; CONCENTRATION (COMPOSITION); DECOMPOSITION; MOLECULAR ANALYSIS; POLYMER; SOLUBILITY; STARCH; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84862816886     PISSN: 15662543     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10924-012-0419-4     Document Type: Article

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