WATER STABLE FIBERS AND ARTICLES COMPRISING STARCH, AND METHODS OF MAKING THE SAME

Water stable fibers and articles made therefrom are formed from a thermoplastic composition comprising destructured starch, polyhydric alcohol, triglyceride, and optionally acid. Processes for making water stable compositions may comprise melt extruding a mixture of destructured starch, polyhydric a...

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Hauptverfasser: SATKOWSKI, MICHAEL M, KNAPMEYER, JAMES T, NODA, ISAO, ALLEN, WILLIAM M., JR
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Zusammenfassung:Water stable fibers and articles made therefrom are formed from a thermoplastic composition comprising destructured starch, polyhydric alcohol, triglyceride, and optionally acid. Processes for making water stable compositions may comprise melt extruding a mixture of destructured starch, polyhydric alcohol, triglyceride, and optionally acid, to form an extrudate, and heating the mixture, extrudate, or both to provide a water stable article.