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Structural packaging foams prepared by uni-directional freezing of paper sludge cellulose nanofibres and poly (vinyl alcohol)
(Elsevier, 2019-06-15) Adu, Cynthia; Rahatekar, Sameer S.; Filby, Jyoti; Ayre, David; Jolly, Mark R.
Porous foams from cellulose nanofibres (CNF) and poly-vinyl alcohol CNF/PVA were prepared by uni-directional freezing to create a homogeneous pore structure. The CNF was derived from paper mills sludge (PMS), a by-product of paper manufacturing waste-water treatment. Sodium tetraborate decahydrate (borax) was used as a crosslinking agent. The density of the CNF/PVA foams were 0.03 g cm−3 with a compressive strength of 116 kPa at 20% strain. The foams were competitive to commercial expanded polystyrene (EPS) foam.
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Structural packaging foams prepared by uni-directional freezing of paper sludge cellulose nanofibres and poly (vinyl alcohol).
(Cranfield University, 2019-04-18 08:36) Adu, Cynthia; Rahatekar, Sameer; Filby, Jyoti; Ayre, David; Jolly, Mark R.
This dataset contains results from the experimental tests on cellulose nanofibres and polyvinyl alcohol foams prepared by uni-directional freezing. The compression tests of 8 samples are recorded here with their stress-strain curves plotted. Additional parameters of the foams such as density, volume, porosity are also recorded.