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Green Composites: Versatile Material for Future

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Green Biocomposites

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The growing concern towards environmental problems and the urgent need for more versatile environmental friendly materials has led to increasing attention about polymer composites, i.e. fillers/reinforcing materials coming from renewable sources and biodegradable, especially from forest. The composites usually referred to as “green”, can find several industrial applications as discussed in this chapter. Biodegradable polymers coming from natural resources are also one important constituent of green composites. This chapter provides tactic for readers regarding the materials used for the fabrication and specific application of green composites in various fields. Furthermore, a discussion of the major material attributes of green composites is provided. From these focuses, a series of balancing application properties are explained. The chapter concludes that green composites have potential for use in a number of applications, but as with all design, one must carefully match the material to the application.

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  1. Department of Polymer and Process Engineering, Indian Institute of Technology, Saharanpur, 247001, India

    Anshu A. Singh

  2. Department of Chemistry, Aligarh Muslim University, Aligarh, 202002, India

    Sadaf Afrin

  3. Division of Process Technology, MoRe Research AB, Box 70, 891 22, Örnsköldsvik, Sweden

    Zoheb Karim

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  1. Laboratory of Biocomposite Technology, INTROP, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Laboratory of Biocomposite Technology, INTROP, Selangor, Malaysia

    Mohammad Jawaid

  2. Dept of Mechanical & Manufacturing, Universiti Putra Malaysia, Dept of Mechanical & Manufacturing, Selangor, Malaysia

    Mohd Sapuan Salit

  3. Dept of Chemical Engineering, King Saud University, Dept of Chemical Engineering, Riyadh, Saudi Arabia

    Othman Y Alothman

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Singh, A.A., Afrin, S., Karim, Z. (2017). Green Composites: Versatile Material for Future. In: Jawaid, M., Salit, M., Alothman, O. (eds) Green Biocomposites. Green Energy and Technology. Springer, Cham. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-319-49382-4_2

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