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ISRN Polymer Science
Volume 2012 (2012), Article ID 463298, 7 pages
Tuning the Mechanical Properties of Tapioca Starch by Plasticizers, Inorganic Fillers and Agrowaste-Based Fillers
Department of Fibre and Polymer Technology, School of Chemical Science and Engineering, KTH Royal Institute of Technology, 100 44 Stockholm, Sweden
Received 21 March 2012; Accepted 10 April 2012
Academic Editors: C. De Rosa, B. Hazer, J. Puiggali, and C. T. Ratnam
Copyright © 2012 Edwin Azwar and Minna Hakkarainen. This is an open access article distributed under the Creative Commons Attribution License, which permits unrestricted use, distribution, and reproduction in any medium, provided the original work is properly cited.
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