caa a22 4500 445384875 CHVBK 20180317143029.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170323e20110901xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10924-011-0322-4 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10924-011-0322-4 Preparation and Properties of Water and Glycerol-plasticized Sugar Beet Pulp Plastics [Elektronische Daten] [Bo Liu, Jinwen Zhang, Linshu Liu, Arland Hotchkiss] Sugar beet pulp (SBP), the residue from sugar extraction, was compounded and turned into in situ thermoplastic composite materials. The compounding was performed using a common twin- screw compounding extruder and water and glycerol were used as co-plasticizers. The melt compounding of SBP utilized the water-soluble characteristics of pectin which is one of main components of SBP. The structure of SBP was destroyed under extrusion and pectin was partially released and plasticized by water and glycerol. Scanning electron microscopy revealed that the cellulose microfibrils were dispersed in the matrix of pectin and other ingredients. Effects of the water and glycerol co-plasticizers on rheological, tensile and dynamic mechanical properties of the SBP plastics were investigated. Effects of relative humidity of the environment on the tensile and dynamical mechanical properties of the neat SBP compounds were also evaluated. The results demonstrated that SBP could be processed as a plastic with water and glycerol as co-plasticizers using traditional processing equipments. Springer Science+Business Media, LLC, 2011 Sugar beet pulp nationallicence Biobased plastics nationallicence Plasticization nationallicence Liu Bo Materials Science Program and Composite Materials and Engineering Center, Washington State University Pullman, 99164, Washington, DC, USA aut Zhang Jinwen Materials Science Program and Composite Materials and Engineering Center, Washington State University Pullman, 99164, Washington, DC, USA aut Liu Linshu Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 600 East Mermaid Lane, 19038, Wyndmoor, PA, USA aut Hotchkiss Arland Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 600 East Mermaid Lane, 19038, Wyndmoor, PA, USA aut Journal of Polymers and the Environment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 19/3(2011-09-01), 559-567 1566-2543 19:3<559 2011 19 10924 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-011-0322-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-011-0322-4 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liu Bo Materials Science Program and Composite Materials and Engineering Center, Washington State University Pullman, 99164, Washington, DC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Zhang Jinwen Materials Science Program and Composite Materials and Engineering Center, Washington State University Pullman, 99164, Washington, DC, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Liu Linshu Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 600 East Mermaid Lane, 19038, Wyndmoor, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 700 1- Hotchkiss Arland Eastern Regional Research Center, Agricultural Research Service, US Department of Agriculture, 600 East Mermaid Lane, 19038, Wyndmoor, PA, USA aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Polymers and the Environment Springer US; http://www.springer-ny.com 19/3(2011-09-01), 559-567 1566-2543 19:3<559 2011 19 10924 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer