Starch networks as absorbent or superabsorbent materials and their preparation by extrusion
US8710212B2 · kind B2 · utility
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| Filing date | Mar 26, 2004 |
| Grant date | Apr 29, 2014 |
| Priority date | — |
| Expiry date | Mar 12, 2027 |
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- Technology area (CPC C)Chemistry; Metallurgy
- CPC primaryC08B35/00
- WIPO fieldMedical technology
- WIPO sectorInstruments
Abstract
The present invention relates an absorbent material consisting of a molecular network of starch molecules, the starch molecules comprising an amylopectin content of at least 90% (w/w). The molecular network can either be comprised of self-entangled starches or cross-linked starches.
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