caa a22 4500 463189019 CHVBK 20180406164903.0 cr unu---uuuuu 170326e20070501xx s 000 0 eng 10.1007/s10973-006-8127-8 doi (NATIONALLICENCE)springer-10.1007/s10973-006-8127-8 Rudnik Ewa Industrial Chemistry Research Institute, Rydygiera 8, 01-793, Warsaw, Poland aut Thermalproperties of biocomposites [Elektronische Daten] [Ewa Rudnik] Thermal properties of new biocomposites prepared from modified starch matrix reinforced with natural vegetable fibres were studied. DSC and TG methods were applied to study thermal behaviour of biocomposites. Biocomposites were obtained in the laboratory twin-screw extruder. Two kinds of natural fibres were used, i.e. flax and cellulose in the amount of 0-40 mass%. DSC curves of biocomposites reveal glass transition temperature, attributed to the amorphous nature of the plasticized starch matrix. In general, incorporating natural fibres into modified starch matrix leads to an increase in glass transition temperature. Thermal degradation of modified starch matrix and cellulose reinforced biocomposites proceeds in three steps, whereas the degradation process of flax reinforced biocomposites occurs in two steps. For unreinforced matrix as well as for all biocomposites, regardless of type and amount of reinforcement, the major mass loss is observed at the temperature above 300°C. The increase in thermal stability with introduction of natural fibre is observed for both flax and cellulose reinforced biocomposites. Springer-Verlag, 2007 biocomposites nationallicence DSC nationallicence glass transition nationallicence thermal degradation nationallicence thermal stability nationallicence TG nationallicence Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Kluwer Academic Publishers 88/2(2007-05-01), 495-498 1388-6150 88:2<495 2007 88 10973 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-006-8127-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI 1 research-article jats NATIONALLICENCE 856 40 https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-006-8127-8 text/html Onlinezugriff via DOI NATIONALLICENCE 100 1- Rudnik Ewa Industrial Chemistry Research Institute, Rydygiera 8, 01-793, Warsaw, Poland aut NATIONALLICENCE 773 0- Journal of Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Kluwer Academic Publishers 88/2(2007-05-01), 495-498 1388-6150 88:2<495 2007 88 10973 Metadata rights reserved Springer special CC-BY-NC licence nationallicence BK010053 XK010053 XK010000 NATIONALLICENCE NATIONALLICENCE NL-springer