Extrusion Processing of Zein-Based Biodegradable Plastics

166 p.Thesis (Ph.D.)--University of Illinois at Urbana-Champaign, 1999.The production of the novel zein-based packaging materials should be carried out close to ethanol production plant where we could get low cost extracted zein as a main raw material. Approximate economic evaluation of plant design for the production of zein-based packaging materials was proposed in which zein cost was the factor that most affected profitability of the plant design.U of I OnlyRestricted to the U of I community idenfinitely during batch ingest of legacy ETD