Effects of thermomechanical refining conditions on the morphology and thermal properties of wheat straw fibre

Holzforschung

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 338-343

  Pan, Ming Zhu ^a,b   Zhou, Ding Guo ^b   Mei, Chang Tong ^a   Deng, James ^a   Wang, Xiang Ming ^a   Zhang, Tony S Y ^a  

^a FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

^b NANJING FORESTRY UNIVERSITY   (China)

Author keywords

Fibre morphology; pH; Silica content; Thermal stability; Thermomechanical refining; Wheat straw fibre

Indexed keywords

AGRICULTURAL PRODUCTS; ASPECT RATIO; COMPUTER NETWORKS; DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; FIBERS; FORMING; GRAIN (AGRICULTURAL PRODUCT); GRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; MORPHOLOGY; PHOTOACOUSTIC EFFECT; PRESSURE; SILICA; SILICATE MINERALS; SILICON COMPOUNDS; STEAM; STORAGE ALLOCATION (COMPUTER); THERMODYNAMIC PROPERTIES; THERMOGRAVIMETRIC ANALYSIS; THERMOMECHANICAL TREATMENT;

(PL) PROPERTIES; FIBRE LENGTH; REFINING CONDITIONS; SILICA CONTENT; STEAM PRESSURES; SURFACE IRREGULARITIES; WEIGHT LOSSES; WHEAT STRAWS;

REFINING;

TRITICUM AESTIVUM;

EID: 44949230475     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2008.058     Document Type: Article

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