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Adhesive and Flame-Retardant Properties of Starch/Ca2+ Gels with Different Amylose Contents

Version 1 : Received: 17 May 2023 / Approved: 18 May 2023 / Online: 18 May 2023 (09:51:50 CEST)

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Liu, P.; Ling, J.; Mao, T.; Liu, F.; Zhou, W.; Zhang, G.; Xie, F. Adhesive and Flame-Retardant Properties of Starch/Ca2+ Gels with Different Amylose Contents. Molecules 2023, 28, 4543. Liu, P.; Ling, J.; Mao, T.; Liu, F.; Zhou, W.; Zhang, G.; Xie, F. Adhesive and Flame-Retardant Properties of Starch/Ca2+ Gels with Different Amylose Contents. Molecules 2023, 28, 4543.

Abstract

Starch being renewable and biodegradable is a viable resource for developing sustainable and environmentally friendly materials. This work explores the potential of starch/Ca2+ gels based on waxy corn starch (WCS), normal corn starch (NCS), and two high-amylose corn starches, G50 (55% amylose content) and G70 (68% amylose content) as flame-retardant adhesives. Being stored at 57% relative humidity for up to 30 days, the G50/Ca2+ and G70/Ca2+ gels are stable without water absorption or retrogradation. The starch gels with increasing amylose content displayed increased cohesion, as reflected by significantly higher tensile strength and fracture energy. All the four starch-based gels show good adhesive properties on corrugated paper. For wooden boards, because of the slow diffusion of the gels, the adhesive abilities are weak initially but improve with storage extension. After storage, the adhesive abilities of the starch-based gels are almost the same except for G70/Ca2+, which is peeled off from the wood surface by itself. Moreover, all the starch/Ca2+ gels exhibit excellent flame retardancy with limiting oxygen index (LOI) values all around 60. This work demonstrates a facile method to prepare starch-based flame-retardant adhesives simply by gelating starch with a CaCl2 solution, which can be used in paper or wood products.

Keywords

starch gel; adhesive; flame-retardancy

Subject

Chemistry and Materials Science, Polymers and Plastics

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