# PREPARATION OF NATURAL RUBBER/CASSAVA STARCH/ORGANO-MONTMORILLONITE BIODEGRADABLE NANOCOMPOSITE ELASTOMERS

> Title: PREPARATION OF NATURAL RUBBER/CASSAVA STARCH/ORGANO-MONTMORILLONITE BIODEGRADABLE NANOCOMPOSITE ELASTOMERS Page Range: p.173-179 Author(s): Chuayjuljit S; Wiriyasoonthorn S; Jiratumnukul N; Limpanart S File size: 362K Download the pdf (subscribers only) Buy the pdf (non-subscribers) Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites Issue Year: ppc Volume:...

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Published: 2009-03-01T00:00:00+00:00
Categories: Polymers and Polymer Composites

**Title: PREPARATION OF NATURAL RUBBER/CASSAVA STARCH/ORGANO-MONTMORILLONITE BIODEGRADABLE NANOCOMPOSITE ELASTOMERS**
 Page Range: p.173-179
 Author(s): Chuayjuljit S; Wiriyasoonthorn S; Jiratumnukul N; Limpanart S
 File size: 362K
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 Journal: Polymers and Polymer Composites
 Issue Year: ppc
 Volume: 17
 Issue No: No.3

**Abstract**
 The preparation of biodegradable nanocomposite elastomers from natural rubber latex with various proportions of cassava starch and organically-modified montmorillonite (OMMT) clay, and their characterisation after curing by XRD, TEM, tensile testing, water absorption and soil burial tests, is described. The results are discussed in terms of the effects of starch and OMMT contents on structure, tensile properties, water sorption, biodegradability and morphology of the nanocomposites. 27 refs.

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