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US 8,568,895 B2Granted
Use of popcorn for timber and composite materials
AssigneeGeorg-August-Universität Göttingen Stiftung Öffentlichen Rechts
InventorsAlireza Kharazipour, Christian Bohn
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Abstract
The present invention relates to the use of popcorn as material that provides structure and that stabilizes dimensions, for lignocellulose-containing molded articles, such as wood/composite materials, and also to the use of popcorn as binder for formaldehyde in wood/composite materials.
Claims15
A composite fiberboard material, comprising popcorn fragments and wood fibers, wherein ≧50% of the popcorn fragments have a size of ≧2 mm and ≦10 mm.
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