Abstract:
PROCESS FOR SIMULTANEOUSLY GELATINIZING STARCH AND INITIATING GRAFT COPOLYMERIZATION BETWEEN A POLYMERIZABLE ETHYLENICALLY UNSATURATED MONOMER AND STARCH WHICH INCLUDES FORMING AN AQUEOUS DISPERSION OF STARCH, MONOMER, AND A PEROXIDIC FREE-RADICAL INITIATOR, AND HEATING THE DISPERSION TO SUBSTANTIALLY INSTANTANEOUSLY GELATINIZE THE STARCH AND INITIATE A GRAFT COPOLYMERIZATION REACTION BETWEEN THE MONOMER AND STARCH.