Preparation and characterization of jackfruit seed starch/poly (vinyl alcohol) (PVA) blend film

• Main Authors: Sarifuddin, Norshahida, Shahrim, N.A., Rani, N. N.S.A., Zaki, H. H.M., Ahmad Azhar, Ahmad Zahirani
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: Institute of Physics Publishing 2018
• Subjects: TA Engineering (General). Civil engineering (General)
• Online Access: http://irep.iium.edu.my/65118/1/65118_Preparation%20and%20characterization%20of%20jackfruit%20seed%20starch_conference%20article.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65118/2/65118_Preparation%20and%20characterization%20of%20jackfruit%20seed%20starch_scopus.pdf; http://irep.iium.edu.my/65118/; http://iopscience.iop.org/article/10.1088/1757-899X/290/1/012065/pdf

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