Thermo-mechanical behaviour of the raffinate resulting from the aqueous extraction of sunflower whole plant in twin-screw extruder: manufacturing of biodegradable agromaterials by thermo-pressing

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Eprints ID: 4058

To link to this article: DOI:10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.112.63

URL:http://dx.doi.org/10.4028/www.scientific.net/AMR.112.63

To cite this version: Evon, Philippe and Vandenbossche, Virginie and Pontalier, Pierre

Yves and Rigal, Luc ( 2010) Thermo-mechanical behaviour of the raffinate resulting

from the aqueous extraction of sunflower whole plant in twin-screw extruder:

manufacturing of biodegradable agromaterials by thermo-pressing. Advanced Materials

Research, vol. 112 . pp. 63-72. ISSN 1022-6680

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