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This volume covers recent developments in chemical modification and utilization of lignin as a component of polymeric materials such as starch films, conducting polymers, polyurethanes and thermoplastics, and as a key building block to make carbon fibers, soil conditioners, nitrogenous fertilizers, and pulping catalysts. It also describes recent advances in chemical modification of lignin aimed at the photostabilization and upgrading of lignin-rich mechanical wood pulp and paper.
List of contents
1. Starch-Lignin Films; S. Baumberger. 2. Lignosulfonic Acid-Doped Polyaniline (Ligno-Pani®) - A Versatile Conducting Polymer; B.C. Berry, T. Viswanathan. 3. Polyurethanes Containing Lignin; Hyoe Hatakeyama. 4. Lignins as Macromonomers for Polyesters and Polyurethanes; A. Gandini, et al. 5. Lignin and its Polyblends - A Review; D. Feldman. 6. Arboform® - A Thermoplastic, Processable Material From Lignin and Natural Fibers; H. Nägele, et al. 7. Lignin-Based Carbon Fibers; J.F. Kadla, et al. 8. The Use of Lignosulfonates as Water Reducing Agents in the Manunfature of Gypsum Wallboard; R.A. Northey. 9. Modified Kraft Lignin and its Use for Soil Preservation; Kyoko Katsumata, Gyosuke Meshitsuka. 10. Nitrogenous Fertilizers from Lignins - A Review; K. Fischer, R. Schiene. 11. Pulping Catalysts from Lignin - The Diels - Alder Step; D.R. Dimmel, et al. 12. Acetylation of Lignin and Photostabilization of Lignin-Rich Mechanical Wood Pulp and Paper; M. Paulsson, R. Simonson. 13. Catalytic Modification and Photostabilization of Lignin Functional Groups; T.Q. Hu, B.R. James. 14. Characteristics, Industrial Sources, and Utilization of Lignins from Non-Wood Plants; J.H. Lora. Index.
Summary
The pulp and paper industry not only produces an enormous amount of lignins as by products of chemical wood pulps, but it also utilizes about 10 million metric tons of lignin per year as a component of mechanical wood pulps and papers.
