Lignocellulosic Composite Materials

✍ Scribed by Susheel Kalia (eds.)

• Publisher: Springer International Publishing
• Year: 2018
• Tongue: English
• Leaves: 451
• Series: Springer Series on Polymer and Composite Materials
• Edition: 1
• Category: Library

✦ Synopsis

This book comprehensively summarizes important aspects of research in the active field of lignocellulosic (polymer) composites, including polymer materials from or containing cellulose, hemicellulose and lignin. It describes how these materials can be produced from forest products and natural fibers from sources such as jute, flax, sisal, and many more, and even from agricultural residues (like wheat straw, corn stover, or sugarcane bagasse). In times of high demand for renewable green materials, lignocellulosic materials from organic matter produced by trees, shrubs and agricultural crops present a highly attractive feedstock.

The international authors explain different treatment and fabrication methods for the production of lignocellulosic materials. Other chapters address the properties of these green materials or illustrate specific applications, ranging from food packaging and household products to adsorbents and even conductive polymer composites. In this way, this book offers a broad and comprehensive overview over the entire field of lignocellulosic composite materials.

✦ Table of Contents

Front Matter ....Pages i-xii
Lignocellulosic Materials of Brazil––Their Characterization and Applications in Polymer Composites and Art Works (Kestur G. Satyanarayana, Thais H. S. Flores-Sahagun, Pamela Bowman)....Pages 1-96
Retting Process as a Pretreatment of Natural Fibers for the Development of Polymer Composites (L. Sisti, G. Totaro, M. Vannini, A. Celli)....Pages 97-135
Pretreatments of Natural Fibers for Polymer Composite Materials (A. Orue, A. Eceiza, A. Arbelaiz)....Pages 137-175
Mechanical and Thermal Properties of Less Common Natural Fibres and Their Composites (Fabrizio Sarasini)....Pages 177-213
Lignocellulosic Fibres Reinforced Thermoset Composites: Preparation, Characterization, Mechanical and Rheological Properties (Hind Abdellaoui, Rachid Bouhfid, Abou El Kacem Qaiss)....Pages 215-270
Pineapple Leaf Fiber: From Waste to High-Performance Green Reinforcement for Plastics and Rubbers (Nanthaya Kengkhetkit, Thapanee Wongpreedee, Taweechai Amornsakchai)....Pages 271-291
Lightweight Wood Composites: Challenges, Production and Performance (Sandra Monteiro, Jorge Martins, Fernão D. Magalhães, Luísa Carvalho)....Pages 293-322
Design and Fabrication of Kenaf Fibre Reinforced Polymer Composites for Portable Laptop Table (S. M. Sapuan, K. R. Purushothman, M. L. Sanyang, M. R. Mansor)....Pages 323-356
Lignocellulosic Materials for Geotextile and Geocomposites for Engineering Applications (Jaideep Adhikari, Suvendu Manna, Sukanya Chowdhury Saha, Prosenjit Saha, Debasis Roy, Basudam Adhikary)....Pages 357-388
Lignocellulosic Fibres-Based Biocomposites Materials for Food Packaging (H. Angellier-Coussy, V. Guillard, E. Gastaldi, S. Peyron, N. Gontard)....Pages 389-413
Lignocellulosic Fibres Reinforced Polymer Composites for Acoustical Applications (Elammaran Jayamani, Muhammad Khusairy Bin Bakri)....Pages 415-444

✦ Subjects

Polymer Sciences