This volume emphasizes the growing need for wood products with advanced engineering properties. It details the fundamental principles of cellulose technology and presents current techniques to modifying the basic chemistry of lignocellulosic materials. The work: discusses the cost-efficient use of cellulose derivatives in a variety of commodities; highlights the chemical modification of wood by methods such as etherification, esterification and thermoplasticization; considers recent progress in the lignocellulosic liquefaction of wood; and more.
Edited by:
David N.-S. Hon (Clemson University South Carolina USA) Imprint: CRC Press Inc Country of Publication: United States Dimensions:
Height: 229mm,
Width: 152mm,
Spine: 23mm
Weight: 635g ISBN:9780824794729 ISBN 10: 0824794729 Pages: 384 Publication Date:19 September 1995 Audience:
College/higher education
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Professional and scholarly
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Further / Higher Education
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Undergraduate
Format:Hardback Publisher's Status: Active
Functional natural polymers - a new dimensional creativity in lignocellulosic chemistry; chemical structures of cellulose, hemicelluloses and lignin; reactivity and accessibility of cellulose, hemicellulose and lignins chemical modification of cellulose; chemical modification of lignin; chemical modification of solid wood; liquefaction of wood; surface modification and activation of wood; chemical modification of nonwood lignocellulosics; characterization of chemically modified wood; weathering of chemically modified wood; physical and mechanical properties of chemically modified wood; viscoelastic properties of chemically modified wood; biological properties of chemically modified wood.