Particle Size Distribution Effect on Cassava Starch and Cassava Bagasse Biocomposites

VERSINO, FLORENCIA; GARCÍA, MARÍA A.

ACS Sustainable Chemistry and Engineering

American Chemical Society

Lugar: Amsterdam; Año: 2019 vol. 7 p. 1052 - 1060

Regarding the growing interest in the development of biodegradable films from renewable sources, this work is focused on the utilization of cassava roots bagasse as a natural filler of cassava starch films. Homogenous films could be obtained by casting molding from gelatinized cassava starch suspensions, plasticized with glycerol and containing 1.5% w/w bagasse. In order to study the particle size effect on films properties, three different fibrous residue fractions (particles sized between 500-250, 250-53, and particles