Particle size distribution effect on cassava starch and cassava bagasse biocomposites

FLORENCIA VERSINO; MARÍA ALEJANDRA GARCÍA

Buenos Aires

Conferencia; VI International Conference on Science and Technology of Composite Materials (COMAT 2015); 2015

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 moulding 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, different fibrous residue fractions (