Paper Title:
Syntactic Foams Consolidated with Starch: Mixing Behaviour for Post-Mould Processing
| Periodical | Advanced Materials Research (Volumes 29 - 30) |
|---|---|
| Main Theme | Advanced Materials and Processing IV |
| Edited by | Deliang Zhang, Kim Pickering, Brian Gabbitas, Peng Cao, Alan Langdon, Rob Torrens and Johan Verbeek |
| Pages | 169-172 |
| DOI | 10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.29-30.169 |
| Citation | M.M. Islam et al., 2007, Advanced Materials Research, 29-30, 169 |
| Online since | November, 2007 |
| Authors | M.M. Islam, Ho Sung Kim |
| Keywords | Hollow Microsphere, Manufacturing, Starch, Syntactic Foam |
| Price | US$ 28,- |
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Abstract
The mixing required for post-mould gelatinisation of syntactic foams using starch as binder was studied. It was found that starch particles tend to adhere to hollow microspheres during mixing, forming agglomerates. A transition in the buoyancy of microsphere-starch phases was found at a particular volume fraction of starch. The transitional point was close to a volume fraction of starch at which a calculated relative density for a system consisting of multiple starch particles per microsphere was unity. Starch-microsphere inter-distance appears to be an important parameter affecting starch content in an agglomeration.
