Synthesis and Characterization of Modified Starch and its Blend With LDPE

Authors(3) :-Lata Raj, Smit Patel, Bhaumil Patel

Starch have now become cynosure among all the others because of an unusual combination of biological activities plus mechanical and physical properties. Present work comprises the chemical modification of starch by grafting vinyl monomers i.e. Methyl methacrylate and acrylamide in a homogeneous aqueous phase using ceric ammonium nitrate (CAN) as the initiator. All these three variants of starch was blended with low-density polyethylene (LDPE) in various composition. Low density polyethylene was grafted with maleic anhydride and subsequently used as a compatibilizer to promote the interfacial interaction between the ingredients. The characterization of the grafted products was confirmed by Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy (FT-IR) as well as Percentage grafting G (%), percentage efficiency E (%) and yield of graft copolymerization, Y (%) was determined. The prepared blends were subjected to Scanning Electron Microscopy (SEM), thermal gravimetric analysis (TGA) and biodegradation study.

Authors and Affiliations

Lata Raj
C. N. P. F Arts & D. N. Science Collage, Dabhoi, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Smit Patel
C. N. P. F Arts & D. N. Science Collage, Dabhoi, Vadodara, Gujarat, India
Bhaumil Patel
Institute of Science & Technology for Advanced Studies & Research (ISTAR), Vallabh Vidyanagar, Anand, Gujarat, India

Starch, graft co-polymers, CAN, LDPE, LDPE-g-MA, and biodegradation

Publication Details

Published in : Volume 3 | Issue 3 | January-February 2018
Date of Publication : 2018-02-26
License:  This work is licensed under a Creative Commons Attribution 4.0 International License.
Page(s) : 62
Manuscript Number : IJSRCH183371
Date Written : 2018-02-26
Publisher : Technoscience Academy

ISSN : 2456-8457

Suggested Citation :

Lata Raj, Smit Patel, Bhaumil Patel, "Synthesis and Characterization of Modified Starch and its Blend With LDPE", International Journal of Scientific Research in Chemistry (IJSRCH), ISSN : 2456-8457, Volume 3, Issue 3, pp.62, January-February.2018
URL : https://ijsrch.com/IJSRCH183371

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