Binderless fiberboard: Comparison of fiber from recycled corrugated containers and refined small-diameter whole treetops

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 56, Issue 7-8, 2006, Pages 69-74

  Hunt, John F ^a,c   Supan, Karen ^b  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b J Crayton Pruitt Family Department of Biomedical Engineering   (United States)

^c FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

RECYCLED CORRUGATED CONTAINERS; STIFF PANELS; TENSILE ENERGY; TREETOPS;

FORESTRY; MOISTURE; RECYCLING; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; TENSILE STRESS; WOOD WASTES;

CORRUGATED CONTAINERS;

CORRUGATED BOXES; FORESTRY; MOISTURE; RECLAIMED FIBERS; RECYCLING; SYNTHETIC FIBERS; WOOD WASTE;

PINUS CONTORTA;

EID: 33748531841     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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