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Biodegradable extruded starch blends
Author(s) -
You Xiudong,
Li Li,
Gao Jianping,
Yu Jiugao,
Zhao Zhuxuan
Publication year - 2003
Publication title -
journal of applied polymer science
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.575
H-Index - 166
eISSN - 1097-4628
pISSN - 0021-8995
DOI - 10.1002/app.11533
Subject(s) - starch , plasticizer , materials science , ultimate tensile strength , biodegradation , extrusion , rheology , glycerol , elongation , solubility , composite material , chemical engineering , shear thinning , plastics extrusion , glass transition , polymer chemistry , polymer , chemistry , organic chemistry , engineering
We prepared biodegradable extruded starch blends by first mixing starch with additives and then processing the mixture in an extruder. The mechanical properties, including tensile strength and elongation at break, solubility, biodegradability, rheological properties, molecular weight, and glass‐transition temperature of the extruded blends were studied. Glycerol and urea, to some extent, could both decrease the tensile strength and increase the percentage elongation at break because the former acts as a plasticizer and the latter can break down interactions among starch macromolecules. The extruded starch blends showed thermoplasticity, and their melts behaved as pseudoplastic liquids at a comparatively low shear rate. The biodegradability of the extruded starch was slightly higher than that of native starch. The molecular weight of starch displayed a decreasing tendency after extruding modification. © 2003 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 88: 627–635, 2003