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- Up-to-date information on alternative biomass utilization
- Academic and industry leaders discuss unique properties of biomass based composite materials
- Direct application of agricultural biomass materials as sustainable and renewable alternatives
- Includes supplementary material: sn.pub/extras
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Table of contents (23 chapters)
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Front Matter
About this book
Agricultural biomass is abundant worldwide and it can be considered as alternative source of renewable and sustainable materials which can be used as potential materials for different applications. Despite this enormous production of agricultural biomass, only a small fraction of the total biomass is utilized for different applications. Industry must be prepared to take advantage of the situation and utilize the available biomass in the best possible manner. Agricultural biomass such as natural fibres has been successfully investigated as a great potential to be used as a renewable and sustainable materials for the production of composite materials. Natural fibres offer excellent specific properties and have potential as outstanding reinforcing fillers in the matrix and can be used as an alternative material for biocomposites, hybrid composites, pulp, and paper industries. Natural fibre based polymer composites made of jute, oil palm, flex, hemp, kenaf have a low market cost, attractive with respect to global sustainability and find increasing commercial use in different applications. Agricultural biomass based composites find applications in a number of fields viz., automotive industry and construction industry. Future research on agricultural biomass-natural fibre based composites should not only be limited to its automotive applications but can be explored for its application in aircraft components, construction industry, rural housing and biomedical applications. In this book we will cover the chemical, physical, thermal, electrical, and biodegradability properties of agricultural biomass based composite materials and its different potential applications. The main goal of this volume is to familiarize researchers, scientists and engineers with the unique research opportunities and potentials of agricultural biomass based materials.
- Up-to-date information on alternative biomass utilization
- Academic and industry leaders discussunique properties of biomass based composite materials
- Direct application of agricultural biomass materials as sustainable and renewable alternatives
Editors and Affiliations
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Universiti Putra Malaysia Forestry, Selangor, Malaysia
Khalid Rehman Hakeem
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Biocomposite Technology Laboratory, Universiti Putra Malaysia Biocomposite Tech, INTROP, Selangor, Malaysia
Mohammad Jawaid
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Department of Chemical Engineering, King Saud University College of Engineering, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia
Othman Y. Alothman
Bibliographic Information
Book Title: Agricultural Biomass Based Potential Materials
Editors: Khalid Rehman Hakeem, Mohammad Jawaid, Othman Y. Alothman
DOI: https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-13847-3
Publisher: Springer Cham
eBook Packages: Biomedical and Life Sciences, Biomedical and Life Sciences (R0)
Copyright Information: Springer International Publishing Switzerland 2015
Hardcover ISBN: 978-3-319-13846-6Published: 14 April 2015
Softcover ISBN: 978-3-319-38504-4Published: 13 October 2016
eBook ISBN: 978-3-319-13847-3Published: 01 April 2015
Edition Number: 1
Number of Pages: XXI, 505
Number of Illustrations: 86 b/w illustrations, 77 illustrations in colour
Topics: Wood Science & Technology, Polymer Sciences, Agriculture, Agricultural Economics, Biomaterials, Sustainable Development