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If this 5% dispersion of cornstarch was heated to 60-65C I would expect more water would be ADSORBED onto the surface of the granule, the hydrogen bonding between the starch polymers within the granule would loosen. This would allow the water to penetrate into the granule becoming ABSORBED by the granule. Additionally, some of the amylose would work itself off the granule surface, thus, opening the structure even more. This in turn would allow even more of the water to become ABSORBED and more amylose to work itself out into a colloidal dispersion outside of the granule. The long amylose polymer is a colloid in characteristics.


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