Emanoele Maria Santos Chiromito1, Eliane Trovatti2, Antonio Jose Felix Carvalho1,*
Journal of Renewable Materials, Vol.7, No.5, pp. 403-413, 2019, DOI:10.32604/jrm.2019.01846
Abstract Despite the great potential of cellulose wood pulp and cellulose nanofibrils as reinforcing filler in thermoplastics, its use is limited due to its tendency to form agglomerates and due to its high hydrophilic character. Here we describe fiberboard composites with high contents of wood pulp or cellulose nanofibrils, and a resin of poly (styrene-methyl-methacrylate-acrylic acid) used as water-based emulsion. Cellulose wood pulp and cellulose nanofibrils were used directly in the form of water suspensions. The method is based on the flocculation of the polymer emulsion followed by agglomeration of a mixture of the polymer emulsion… More >