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STARCH-STARKE
Volume 63, Issue 12, Pages 771-779Publisher
WILEY-V C H VERLAG GMBH
DOI: 10.1002/star.201100035
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Modified starch; Reactive extrusion; SEM; Sodium carboxymethyl starch; XRD
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Carboxymethyl starch was prepared by reacting corn starch with sodium mono chloro acetate (SMCA) in a Brabender TSE-20 co-rotating twin screw extruder. The effects of the SMCA/starch ratio (theoretical degrees of substitutions 2.73, 3.62, and 4.53), aqueous ethanol/(starch+SMCA) ratio (0.13 and 0.25) and the screw configuration (0, 1, and 2 kneading blocks) on the degree of substitution (DS) and reaction efficiency were studied. A 3 x 2 factorial design with 3 levels of the starch/SMCA ratio and 2 levels of the aqueous ethanol/(starch+SMCA) ratio were used. This 3 x 2 factorial design was blocked, with the screw configuration as the blocking variable. The effects of the SMCA/starch ratio and the screw configuration were found to be significant. The carboxymethylated starches were characterized using FTIR, SEM, and XRD. The microstructure of the carboxymethylated starches, studied using SEM, revealed that the integrity of the starch granules was partially preserved at low aqueous ethanol levels when no kneading block was used. However, for all other reaction conditions either granule agglomeration or fusion was observed. XRD analysis indicated substantial loss of crystallinity in the carboxymethylated starches, irrespective of the damage to the granule structure. The highest DS and the highest reaction efficiency obtained were 1.54 and 0.42, respectively.
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