Structure of starch-bentonite gels
COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE, vol.275, no.4, pp.378-389, 1997 (SCI-Expanded, Scopus)
- Publication Type: Article / Article
- Volume: 275 Issue: 4
- Publication Date: 1997
- Doi Number: 10.1007/s003960050095
- Journal Name: COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE
- Journal Indexes: Science Citation Index Expanded (SCI-EXPANDED), Scopus
- Page Numbers: pp.378-389
- Keywords: mixed gels, starch, bentonite, band-type structures, polymer adsorption
- Dokuz Eylül University Affiliated: Yes
Abstract
Mixed gels of starch and bentonite are investigated in the interval 0.056-0.089 of total solids/water ratio and 0-100% starch in the solids. The bentonite was a sodium calcium bentonite with a Na/Ca ratio of 1.76. In water it forms gels consisting of a network of band-type structures. Starch forms gels through hydrogen bonds between granules and/or amylose and amylopectin present on the external surfaces of granules and/or in fully stretched form.