COLLOID AND POLYMER SCIENCE, cilt.275, sa.4, ss.378-389, 1997 (SCI-Expanded)
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.