Starch-Fiber Composites

Biodegradable Polymer Blends and Composites from Renewable Resources

Volumn , Issue , 2009, Pages 349-366

  Hanna, Milford A ^a   Xu, Yixiang ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NEBRASKA LINCOLN   (United States)

Author keywords

Differential scanning calorimetry (DSC) and starch polymer thermal transition; Starch fiber composites; Starch natural fiber blends

Indexed keywords

EID: 84889470864     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9780470391501.ch14     Document Type: Chapter

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