Reinforcement of starch/polyvinyl alcohol blend using nano¢ titanium dioxide

Journal of Composite Materials

Volumn 46, Issue 25, 2012, Pages 3181-3187

  Sreekumar, P A ^a   Al Harthi, Mamdouh A ^a   De, S K ^a  

^a KING FAHD UNIVERSITY OF PETROLEUM AND MINERALS   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

polyvinyl alcohol; Starch; thermal analysis; XRD

Indexed keywords

DECOMPOSITION TEMPERATURE; DEGREE OF CRYSTALLINITY; DEGREE OF SWELLING; DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETERS; DIFFRACTION STUDIES; FILLER LOADING; FILLER-MATRIX; NANO-FILLERS; PEAK WIDTHS; STRESS-STRAIN; XRD;

DIFFERENTIAL SCANNING CALORIMETRY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; OXIDES; POLYVINYL ALCOHOLS; STARCH; THERMOANALYSIS; TITANIUM DIOXIDE;

FILLERS;

EID: 84870485881     PISSN: 00219983     EISSN: 1530793X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1177/0021998312436998     Document Type: Article

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