Compatible blends of thermoplastic starch and hydrolyzed ethylene-vinyl acetate copolymers

Carbohydrate Polymers

Volumn 90, Issue 1, 2012, Pages 34-40

  Da Roz A L ^a   Ferreira, A M ^a   Yamaji, F M ^a   Carvalho, A J F ^b  

^a FEDERAL UNIVERSITY OF SÃO CARLOS   (Brazil)

^b UNIVERSITY OF SÃO PAULO   (Brazil)

Author keywords

Ethylene vinyl acetate; Poly(ethylene co vinyl acetate co vinyl alcohol); Thermoplastic starch

Indexed keywords

DEGREE OF HYDROLYSIS; ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE; ETHYLENE-VINYL ACETATE COPOLYMERS; FRACTURE SURFACE ANALYSIS; MECHANICAL CHARACTERISTICS; MECHANICAL TESTS; POLY(ETHYLENE-CO-VINYL ACETATE-CO-VINYL ALCOHOL); STRESS-STRAIN; THERMOPLASTIC STARCH; VINYL ACETATES;

BRITTLE FRACTURE; COPOLYMERS; ETHYLENE; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; GLYCEROL; REINFORCED PLASTICS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; STARCH; SURFACE ANALYSIS; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

HYDROLYSIS;

EID: 84864137307     PISSN: 01448617     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.carbpol.2012.04.055     Document Type: Article

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