Effect of additives on gelatinization, rheological properties and biodegradability of thermoplastic starch

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Title: Effect of additives on gelatinization, rheological properties and biodegradability of thermoplastic starch
Author(s): Yu, L.; Christov, V.; Christie, G.; Gray, J.; Dutt, U.; Harvey, T.; Halley, P.; Coombs, S.; Jayasekara, R.; Lonergan, G.
Abstract: Effect of additives on the starch gelatinization was governed by the processing conditions. The order-disorder transition of starch in water can occur in more than one way and the effect of polar additives on gelatinization can also be in more than one way. The additives appear to be plasticising thermoplastic starches, resulting in improving rheological properties. The thermoplastic starches with the additives are all biodegradable although the rates of biodegradability are slightly different.
Publication type: Journal article
Research centre: Swinburne University of Technology
Source: Macromolecular Symposia, Vol. 144, no. 1 (Oct 1999), pp. 371-374
Publication year: 1999
FOR Code(s): 0303 Macromolecular and Materials Chemistry
Keyword(s): Additives; Gelatinisation; Thermoplastic starch
Publisher: Wiley
ISSN: 1022-1360
Publisher URL: http://dx.doi.org/10.1002/masy.19991440134
Peer reviewed