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Mixed gels of starch and bentonite are investigated in the interval 0.056–0.089 of total solids/water ratio and 0-100% starch in the solids. The bentonite was a sodium calcium bentonite with a Na/Ca ratio of 1.76. In water it forms gels consisting of a network of band-type structures. Starch forms gels through hydrogen bonds between granules and/or amylose and amylopectin present on the external surfaces of granules and/or in fully stretched form. Mixed gels of bentonite and starch were obtained by adding corn starch granules to the already formed bentonite gels and heating the mixture above the Kofler gelatinization temperature. Amylose and amylopectin were adsorbed on strands of band-type structures of mont-morillonite lamellae. Starch gellation, e.g. diffusion of amylose out of the granule, was facilitated in the presence of bentonite. On the other hand, the presence of starch favored delamination of the montmorillonite particle into thinner lamellae. Maximum gelatinization and polymer adsorption were observed for gels with 20% starch and 80% bentonite. Montmorillonite networks formed the continuous phase for 0-80% starch. At higher starch concentrations, montmorillonite flakes were dispersed within the polymer network. Increase in the water content of the gels caused segregation of the bentonite and starch.
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Beşün, N., Peker, S., Köktürk, U. et al. Structure of starch-bentonite gels. Colloid Polym Sci 275, 378–389 (1997). https://doi.org/10.1007/s003960050095
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