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Eco-Friendly Wood Composites: Design, Characterization and Applications

Eco-Friendly Wood Composites: Design, Characterization and Applications

Hardcover

Technology & Engineering

ISBN10: 3036571876
ISBN13: 9783036571874
Publisher: Mdpi Ag
Published: Apr 11 2023
Pages: 204
Weight: 1.41
Height: 0.69 Width: 6.69 Depth: 9.61
Language: English

Traditional wood composites are produced with synthetic, formaldehyde-based adhesives, commonly made from fossil-derived constituents, such as urea, phenol, melamine, etc. Along with their undisputable advantages, these adhesives are characterized by certain problems, connected with the emission of hazardous volatile organic compounds (VOCs), including free formaldehyde emission from the finished wood composites, which is carcinogenic to humans and harmful to the environment. The growing environmental concerns, connected with the adoption of circular economy principles, and the new, stricter legislative requirements for the emission of harmful VOCs, e.g., free formaldehyde, from wood composites, have posed new challenges to researchers and industrial practice, related to the development of sustainable, eco-friendly wood composites, optimization of the available lignocellulosic raw materials, and use of alternative resources.

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