Examination and Analysis of Starch and Starch Products
The literature of starch has proliferated in the last ten years at an almost geometric rate and a number of important changes and developments in the technology of starch and its derivatives have taken place which make it highly desirable to review these
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EXAMINATION AND ANALYSIS OF STARCH
AND STARCH PRODUCTS Edited by
J. A. RADLEY MoSco, e.Chemo, FoSoDoCo, FoRoI.e.
APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD LONDON
APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD RIPPLE ROAD, BARKING, ESSEX, ENGLAND
ISBN-13: 978-94-010-1334-5 DOl: 10.1007/978-94-010-1332-1
e-ISBN-13: 978-94-010-1332-1
WITH 7 TABLES AND 54 ILLUSTRATIONS
© APPLIED SCIENCE PUBLISHERS LTD 1976 Softcover reprint of the hardcover 1st edition 1976
All rights reserved. No part of this publication may be reproduced, stored in a retrieval system, or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, photocopying, recording, or otherwise, without the prior written permission of the publishers, Applied Science Publishers Ltd, Ripple Road, Barking, Essex, England
Galliard (Printers) Ltd Great Yarmouth
Preface
The literature of starch has proliferated in the last ten years at an almost geometric rate and a number of important changes and developments in the technology of starch and its derivatives have taken place which make it highly desirable to review these in some depth. The immensity of the subject determined the writer to seek the assistance of a number of prominent workers throughout the world. Where older work contains factual information of present value it has been retained, generally in the form of Additional References. These are brief abstracts which will help specialised searches in a branch of the subject to complete the information given in the text. Inclusion of disjointed information can often lead to the loss of coherence and clarity, and the device of the Additional References, whilst allowing smooth presentation, also allows the inclusion of up-to-the-minute material appearing after the main text has been written. The rewarding techniques of transmission and scanning electron microscopy have been dealt with for the first time in a book of this nature. Apart from the immense amount of important practical and theoretical detail required to produce and use starch for many applications in a number of important industries, a thorough knowledge is also required of a number of aspects for the successful buying and selling of starch. This book was written and published contemporaneously with two others entitled Starch Production Technology and Industrial Uses of Starch and Its Derivatives. The three books together provide a wide coverage of starch technology and chemistry with the self-contained individual volumes providing precise information for specialist readers. My most sincere thanks are due to the contributors for their most helpful and ready co-operation in getting out a volume that is as up-to-date v
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as humanly possible and to my secretary, Mrs R. M. Russell, for her valuable help and care in producing the manuscript. I should also like to record my thanks for the constructive criticism of many practical details through the book in its early stages that were made by Mr Jack Seaman before his tragic and untimely death. I have also to thank Dr G. Graefe, the editor of Die Starke,
