Emphasizing the growing need for wood products with enhanced engineering properties, this comprehensive reference details the fundamental principles of wood and cellulose technology and presents current techniques for modifying the basic chemistry of lignocellulosic materials. The topics include chemical structures of cellulose, hemicelluloses, and lignin; chemical modification of cellulose, lignin, solid wood, and nonwood lignocellulosics; and physical and mechanical properties of chemically modified wood. For practicing wood chemists, polymer chemists, material engineers, and scientists who work in the wood, cellulose, and agrifiber industries. Annotation copyright Book News, Inc. Portland, Or.
This volume emphasizes the growing need for wood products with advanced engineering properties. It details the fundamental principles of cellulose technology and presents current techniques to modifying the basic chemistry of lignocellulosic materials. The work: discusses the cost-efficient use of cellulose derivatives in a variety of commodities; highlights the chemical modification of wood by methods such as etherification, esterification and thermoplasticization; considers recent progress in the lignocellulosic liquefaction of wood; and more.
