Soluble starch
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Description
A starch that has been hydrolyzed with acid to make it soluble in water. Soluble starch has been used for priming canvas and as a binder in watercolor paints. See Dextrin.
Resources and Citations
- R. J. Gettens, G.L. Stout, Painting Materials, A Short Encyclopaedia, Dover Publications, New York, 1966
- G.S.Brady, Materials Handbook, McGraw-Hill Book Co., New York, 1971 Comment: p. 776
- Richard S. Lewis, Hawley's Condensed Chemical Dictionary, Van Nostrand Reinhold, New York, 10th ed., 1993