V. K. Srivastava1, A. Pizzi2,3,*
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.2, No.3, pp. 201-206, 2014, DOI:10.7569/JRM.2014.634107
Abstract Fine wood powder/furanic foams were prepared with a strong predominance of the wood component. Low
weight and density are important properties of foamed composites. Focusing on preparing light materials,
wood foam composites were made using a chemical foaming method and expanded using diethyl ether as
the foaming agent. The additives were added to note their effect on the density and mechanical properties,
like impact strength and Young’s moduli, of the expanded composites. Various tests and scanning electron
microscopy analysis were also performed. The foaming agent resulted in closed cells with varied sizes
and more or less regular shapes, and with… More >
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