Protein-containing adhesives, and manufacture and use thereof
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InventorsAnthony A. Parker, Joseph J. Marcinko
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Abstract
The invention provides protein adhesives and methods of making and using such adhesives. The protein adhesives contain ground plant meal or an isolated polypeptide composition obtained from plant biomass.
Claims20
A ground plant meal mixture comprising ground plant meal and one or more additive(s) selected from a formaldehyde scavenging agent, catalyst, tacking agent, extender, filler, viscosifying agent, surfactant, adhesion promoter, antioxidant, antifoaming agent, antimicrobial agent, antibacterial agent, fungicide, pigment, inorganic particulate, gelling agent, agent that improves moisture-resistance, pH modulator, and composite-release promoter, wherein the ground plant meal is derived from sunflower, rapeseed, canola, castor, camelina, flax, jatropha, mallow, sugarcane bagasse, whey, or a combination thereof, and wherein the ground plant meal has a particle size in the range of from about 1 μm to about 400 μm.
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