Formamide as the plasticizer for thermoplastic starch

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Abstract

As a novel plasticizer, formamide was tested in thermoplastic starch (TPS), in which native cornstarch granules were proved to transfer to a continuous phase by scanning electron microscope (SEM) and the hydrogen bond interaction between plasticizer and starch was proved by Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) spectroscopy. Mechanical tests showed that tensile strength and Young's modulus of formamide-plasticized TPS (FPTPS) were lower than glycerol-plasticized TPS (GPTPS) and elongation at break and energy break were higher. The effect of formamide and glycerol on the retrogradation of TPS was studied using X-ray diffractometry. Formamide could effectively restrain the starch retrogradation at three different relative humidity (RH) environments, because it could form the more stable hydrogen bonds with the starch hydroxy group than glycerol. From these results, we found that the elongation at break, energy break, and the retrogradation of TPS were ameliorated by formamide. "copy; 2004 Wiley Periodicals, Inc.

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Ma, X., & Yu, J. (2004). Formamide as the plasticizer for thermoplastic starch. Journal of Applied Polymer Science, 93(4), 1769–1773. https://doi.org/10.1002/app.20628

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