Methacrylonitrile-starch graft copolymers

Athawale, V. D., Lele, V. (2000). Syntheses and characterisation of graft copolymers of maize starch and methacrylonitrile. Carbohydrate Polymers, 41,407 16. 

Starch polyurethane foams could be converted into sorbents for water when starch-acrylonitrile or starch-methacrylonitrile graft copolymers were crosslinked with diisocyanates.2655 2656 Such polyurethanes have been proposed as occlusive wound dressings,2657 as well as sizes for cotton yams.2658 Starch polyurethanes for reinforced paper were produced in reaction of iV-chlorocarbamoylethyl starch with cresol or thiolignin.2659 The addition of mineral salts to polyurethanes prepared from starch and urea improved their performance as adhesives.570... 

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