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Exploratory studies on the carboxymethylation of cassava starch in water-miscible organic media

  • Jie Yao*
  • , Hong You
  • , Zheng Bao
  • , Klaassien J. Ganzeveld
  • , Jan Henk Marsman
  • , Hero J. Heeres
  • , Wen Ren Chen
  • *Corresponding author for this work
  • Harbin Institute of Technology
  • University of Groningen
  • Yuan Ze University

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Abstract

The carboxymethylation of cassava starch using sodium monochloroacetate (SMCA) as an etherification agent was investigated. Factors that affected the process of chemical modification of cassava starch, including the type of solvents, the mass percentage of water in the reaction medium, the mass percentage of starch, the molar ratio of NaOH to SMCA, the theoretical DS (DSt), and the temperature were investigated experimentally. The optimum conditions for this etherification reaction were a reaction medium consisting of about 10% of water, a reaction temperature between 50°C and 55°C and a starch mass percentage between 4%-8%. When applying these conditions in combination with a DSt of 2.5, granular modified cassava starch with a DS of 1.4 can be obtained.

Original languageEnglish
Pages (from-to)1108-1112
Number of pages5
JournalHarbin Gongye Daxue Xuebao/Journal of Harbin Institute of Technology
Volume37
Issue number8
StatePublished - Aug 2005

Keywords

  • Carboxymethylation
  • Cassava starch
  • Organic media

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