In this work, nanofibrillated cellulose (NFC) has been evaluated as a potential reinforcement for cement mortar composites. Two types of vegetable fibres with different composition and properties (cellulose content and microfibrillar angle), sisal, and cotton linters pulps, were initially characterised in order to assess their reinforcing capability. Sisal pulp was found to be most suitable as ...

Several different enzymatic, chemical and mechanical methods have been developed for the isolation of lignin from wood and pulp. However, due to the heterogeneous nature of wood and pulp fibers and the heterogeneity that exists between individual fibers, no method is currently available for the quantitative isolation of native or residual lignin without the risk of structural changes during the...

Hongli Zhu , Zhengguo Xiao , Detao Liu , Yuanyuan Li , Nicholas J. Weadock , Zhiqiang Fang , Jinsong Huang b and Liangbing Hu * Department of Materials Science and Engineering, University of Maryland, College Park, MD 20740, USA. E-mail: [email protected] Department of Mechanical and Materials Engineering, University of Nebraska-Lincoln, Lincoln, Nebraska 68588, USA State Key Laboratory of Pulp an...

Methodology Active packaging material was low density polyethylene (LDPE) film incorporated with Tinuvin 326(UV absorber) and iron powder in different concentrations (0-0.5% and 0-15% w/w, respectively). Eleven treatments were performed according to the central composite design (CCD) in order to evaluate changes in mechanical, physical and barrier properties of films. Moreover, the influence of...

the effect of fiber surface modification on physical and mechanical properties of kraft pulp wasstudied with and without chitosan. first, the amount of carboxyl groups of kraft pulp at differentaddition levels (0, 2, 3, 4 and 6%) of hydrogen peroxide was determined by means of methylene bluetest. then, the samples containing the highest carboxyl groups were treated at ph=8.5 with chitosan at0.7...

We recently demonstrated that application of mustard oil (MO), a small-fiber excitant and inflammatory irritant, to the rat maxillary molar tooth pulp induces significant and prolonged increases in jaw muscle electromyographic (EMG) activity that are suggestive of central neuroplasticity. Because small-fiber afferents, including pulp afferents, access nociceptive neurons in trigeminal (V) subnu...

Dynamic (or 2D) FT-IR spectroscopy in combination with polarized IR irradiation has been used in this work to study wood polymer orientation and interactions on the ultrastructural level in wood fibers in the native state as well as the effects of different pulping processes. The wood polymer interactions were studied under both dry and humid conditions. The matrix of lignin and hemicelluloses ...

INTRODUCTION Nano-hydroxyapatite (NHA) has been used for regeneration of osseous defects. Calcium-enriched mixture (CEM) cement is also used for various dental treatments. This trial compared the efficacy of NHA and CEM cement for direct pulp capping (DPC) of sound primary teeth. METHODS AND MATERIALS In this randomized clinical trial with split-mouth design, after attaining informed consent,...

The thesis is focussed on low consistency (LC) refining of mechanical pulp. The research included evaluations of energy efficiency, development of pulp properties, the influence of fibre concentration on LC refining and effects of rotor position in a two-zoned LC refiner. Trials were made in mill scale in a modern TMP line equipped with an MSD Impressafiner for chip pre-treatment, double disc (...

Environmental preservation is one of the key strategies addressing sustainable development. An awareness of environmental problems and potential hazards caused by industrial waste waters has prompted many countries to limit the discharge of toxic effluents. Mycoremediation play important role in the treatment of pulp and paper mill effluents containing numerous toxic substances like hydrocarbon...