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Description
- Starch is used as an additive for food processing, food starches are typically used as thickeners and stabilizers
- Used to produce various bioplastics, synthetic polymers that are biodegradable
- Polylactic acid
- Glucose from starch can be further fermented to biofuel corn ethanol
- Hydrogen production can use starch as the raw material
- Starch is a carbohydrate consisting of a large number of glucose units joined by glycosidic bonds
- This polysaccharide is produced by all green plants as an energy store
- It is the most common carbohydrate in the human diet and is contained in large amounts in such staple foods as potatoes, wheat, maize (corn), rice, and cassava
Specifications
Specifications
| pH | 7.82 |
| Density | 1.5 g/mL at 25 °C(lit.) |
| Quantity | 500 g |
| Packaging | Glass |
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