THERMAL PROPERTIES OF GREEN POLYMERS AND BIOCOMPOSITES

THERMAL PROPERTIES OF GREEN POLYMERS AND BIOCOMPOSITES Hot Topics in Thermal Analysis and Calorimetry Volume 4 Series Editor: Judit Simon, Budapest University of Technology and Economics, Hungary Thermal Properties of Green Polymers and Biocomposites by Tatsuko Hatakeyama Otsuma Women’s University, Tokyo, Japan and Hyoe Hatakeyama Fukui University of Technology, Japan KLUWER ACADEMIC PUBLISHERS NEW YORK, BOSTON, DORDRECHT, LONDON, MOSCOW eBook ISBN: Print ISBN: 1-4020-2354-5 1-4020-1907-6 ©2005 Springer Science + Business Media, Inc. Print ©2004 Kluwer Academic Publishers Dordrecht All rights reserved No part of this eBook may be reproduced or transmitted in any form or by any means, electronic, mechanical, recording, or otherwise, without written consent from the Publisher Created in the United States of America Visit Springer`s eBookstore at: and the Springer Global Website Online at: http://ebooks.springerlink.com http://www.springeronline.com Contents Preface..........................................................................................................vii List of Abbreviations ....................................................................................ix Chapter 1 INTRODUCTION 1. Overview of Green Polymers............................................................... 1 2. Molecular Level Morphology of Important Green Polymers: Cellulose and Lignin ............................................................................................ 3 3. Raw Materials for Synthetic Green Polymers: Molasses and Lignin... 7 4. Scope of This Book.............................................................................. 9 Chapter 2 CHARACTERIZATION OF GREEN POLYMERS 1. Thermal Analysis................................................................................ 13 2. Other Characterization Methods......................................................... 25 Chapter 3 THERMAL PROPERTIES OF CELLULOSE AND ITS DERIVATIVES 1. Introduction........................................................................................ 39 2. Thermal Properties of Cellulose in Dry State..................................... 42 3. Cellulose-Water Interaction................................................................ 56 4. Liquid Crystals and Complexes.......................................................... 84 5. Hydrogels ......................................................................................... 108 6. Thermal Decomposition of Cellulose and Related Compounds....... 116 ... - tailieumienphi.vn