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[[File:1024px-Little Dish made from reinforced PLA.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Little Dish made from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood-plastic_composite wood-reinforced] PLA (see: [[Biocomposite]]).]] | [[File:1024px-Little Dish made from reinforced PLA.jpg|500px|thumb|right|Little Dish made from [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Wood-plastic_composite wood-reinforced] PLA (see: [[Biocomposite]]).]] | ||
A biocomposite is a composite material of resin plus reinforcement with natural fibers (example: [[hemp]] fibres and polyethylene). The earliest composite materials were [[straw]] and mud combined to form bricks for building construction. | A biocomposite is a composite material of resin plus reinforcement with natural fibers (example: [[hemp]] fibres and polyethylene). The earliest composite materials were [[straw]] and mud combined to form bricks for building construction. | ||
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* Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biocomposite Biocomposite] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_material Composite material] | * Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Biocomposite Biocomposite] and [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Composite_material Composite material] | ||
* Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement-bonded_wood_fiber Cement-bonded wood fiber] | * Wikipedia: [https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Cement-bonded_wood_fiber Cement-bonded wood fiber] | ||
[[File:CharStyrofoamComposite.jpg|600 px|thumb|left|Biochar-styrofoam composite: to make these items, fine particles of biochar were embedded in recycled (melted) styrofoam. Courtesy of Kathleen Draper from [http://fingerlakesbiochar.com/ Finger Lakes Biochar].]] | |||
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Revision as of 16:11, 26 May 2017
Interior carpeting of a car's door made by a biocomposite of hemp fibres and polyethylene
A biocomposite is a composite material of resin plus reinforcement with natural fibers (example: hemp fibres and polyethylene). The earliest composite materials were straw and mud combined to form bricks for building construction.
Green Composites: natural fibers with biodegradable resins (see: Bioplastics)
Hybrid Composites: different types of fibers (synthetic, biological) combined into a single matrix.
Examples
- Examples of natural fibers: straw fibers, bast, leaf, seed or fruit, and grass fibers.
- Widely used: Flax, Jute, Kenaf, Sisal and Coir.
- also widely used is Hemp (see: hempcrete). It is of interest to automotive and other applications due to these features: cost effective, high tensile strength and stiffness, ideally suited for needle punched nonwoven products, effective replacement for glass fiber, reduces molding time, weight reduction in finished part, easy to process and recycle, can be customized to meet a variety of specifications and different manufacturing systems, consistent quality and availability of supply is possible.
- Many polymers, such as polyethylene (PE), polypropylene (PP), and polyvinyl chloride (PVC) are being used in wood composites industries.
- Polylactic acid can also be used as a matrix material (example)
OSE Wiki Links
- Composite materials
- Wood Wool: panels made with a binder of cement or lime
- Car/Research Development
- other: Bioplastics, Basalt Fibers, Ferrocement
External Links
- Wikipedia: Biocomposite and Composite material
- Wikipedia: Cement-bonded wood fiber
Biochar-styrofoam composite: to make these items, fine particles of biochar were embedded in recycled (melted) styrofoam. Courtesy of Kathleen Draper from Finger Lakes Biochar.