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Air‐Oxidation of Starch Using Quinquevalent Vanadium as Catalyst
Author(s) -
Harmon R. E.,
Gupta S. K.,
Johnson J.
Publication year - 1971
Publication title -
starch ‐ stärke
Language(s) - English
Resource type - Journals
SCImago Journal Rank - 0.62
H-Index - 82
eISSN - 1521-379X
pISSN - 0038-9056
DOI - 10.1002/star.19710230404
Subject(s) - starch , vanadate , catalysis , vanadium , chemistry , ammonium , nuclear chemistry , inorganic chemistry , organic chemistry
Abstract Air‐oxidation of corn starch in the presence of ammonium meta vanadate at 35–40°C and pH 9 has been studied. The resulting oxidized starch contained more carbonyl but less carboxyl as compared to an industrial oxidized starch. However, the presence of undesirable amounts of the catalyst imparted extremely high viscosity to the oxidized starch. The ultraviolet irradiation was found to have a pronounced effect on the air oxidation of starch in the presence of ammonium meta vanadate. Increased carboxyl content was observed in the UV light catalyzed oxidized starch.