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Sustainable furniture panel composites from forestry and food industry by-products in Australia
Sustainable furniture panel composites from forestry and food industry by-products in Australia
dc.contributor.author | Wechsler, Andrea | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ramirez, Mariano | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Crosky, Alan | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Zaharia, Magdalena | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Jones, H | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Ballerini, Aldo | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Nunez, Mario | en_US |
dc.contributor.author | Sahajwalla, Veena | en_US |
dc.date.accessioned | 2021-11-25T17:29:01Z | |
dc.date.available | 2021-11-25T17:29:01Z | |
dc.date.issued | 2011 | en_US |
dc.description.abstract | This paper presents results of research into polypropylene based wood plastic composites reinforced with food industry and forestry by-products, identified as being particularly abundant in Australia but underutilised, viz. macadamia shells, pine cones and eucalyptus capsules. The present study considers and explores the suitability of these materials for high-moisture environment furniture panel applications. Results are presented for the relevant physical and mechanical properties and are compared with a conventional wood plastic composite utilising radiata pine as the filler. The water absorption and swelling were generally lower in the forestry and food industry by-product composites than in the conventional radiata pine composite with the best results being obtained for the macadamia nut shell composite. The mechanical properties were however poorer than those of the conventional wood plastic composite. Nonetheless, it is considered that the forestry and food industry byproduct composites do provide a viable material and have the potential to become a sustainable replacement option for high-humidity environment furniture panel composites. This would provide much better utilisation of these currently undervalued agricultural waste resources. | en_US |
dc.identifier.isbn | 978-0-98-05827-4-1 | en_US |
dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/1959.4/50844 | |
dc.language | English | |
dc.language.iso | EN | en_US |
dc.publisher | Queensland University of Technology, Faculty of the Built Environment and Engineering | en_US |
dc.rights | CC BY-NC-ND 3.0 | en_US |
dc.rights.uri | https://creativecommons.org/licenses/by-nc-nd/3.0/au/ | en_US |
dc.source | Legacy MARC | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Macadamia shells | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Recycled polypropylene | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Sustainable composites | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Pine cones | en_US |
dc.subject.other | Eucalyptus capsules | en_US |
dc.title | Sustainable furniture panel composites from forestry and food industry by-products in Australia | en_US |
dc.type | Conference Paper | en |
dcterms.accessRights | open access | |
dspace.entity.type | Publication | en_US |
unsw.accessRights.uri | https://purl.org/coar/access_right/c_abf2 | |
unsw.description.notePublic | Link to proceedings front matter and abstracts only - Original inactive link: http://www.bee.qut.edu.au/research/events/eddbe/general_info.jsp | en_US |
unsw.identifier.doi | https://doi.org/10.26190/unsworks/1194 | |
unsw.publisher.place | Brisbane, Australia | en_US |
unsw.relation.faculty | Science | |
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceLocation | Brisbane, Australia | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceName | eddBE2011 | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceProceedingsTitle | Conference proceedings eddBE2011 sustainable wellbeing | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofconferenceYear | 2011 | en_US |
unsw.relation.ispartofpagefrompageto | 88-93 | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Wechsler, Andrea, Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology, Faculty of Science, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Ramirez, Mariano, Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology, Faculty of Science, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Crosky, Alan, Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology, Faculty of Science, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Zaharia, Magdalena, Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology, Faculty of Science, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Jones, H, School of Engineering, College of Engineering and Computer Science, The Australian National University, Canberra | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Ballerini, Aldo, Composites Material Laboratory, University of Bio-Bio, Concepcion, Chile | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Nunez, Mario, Composites Material Laboratory, University of Bio-Bio, Concepcion, Chile | en_US |
unsw.relation.originalPublicationAffiliation | Sahajwalla, Veena, Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology, Faculty of Science, UNSW | en_US |
unsw.relation.school | Centre for Sustainable Materials Research & Technology | * |
unsw.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 090701 Environmental Engineering Design | en_US |
unsw.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 091202 Composite and Hybrid Materials | en_US |
unsw.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 091209 Polymers and Plastics | en_US |
unsw.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 091299 Materials Engineering not elsewhere classified | en_US |
unsw.subject.fieldofresearchcode | 091599 Interdisciplinary Engineering not elsewhere classified | en_US |
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