Chemical Modification, Properties, and Usage of Lignin
Edition: 1st edition
Publisher: Springer
Published: June 15, 2002
Language: eng
Format: Hardcover
Number of pages: 302
ISBN-13: 9780306467691
Subjects: Carbohydrates; Forestry & silviculture: practice & techniques; Phytochemistry; Science; Science/Mathematics; Chemistry - Industrial & Technical; Engineering - Chemical & Biochemical; Life Sciences - Biochemistry; Nature / Trees; Life Sciences - Botany; Lignin
First sentence: The increasing need for environmental protection together with the concerns over the future availability of petrochemical feedstock have led to the design and development of new degradable thermoplastic materials, based on renewable resources that are more friendly to the environment than the conventionally used petroleum-based plastics (Chapman, 1994; Fritz et al., 1995; Chiellini and Solaro, 1996; Krochta and De Mulder-Johnston, 1996).