The feasibility of commercial utilization of cotton fabric and cotton conversion products for synthetic lumber

During the past two decades much scientific investigation has been directed toward the elimination and profitable utilization of the waste products of manufacture and agriculture. One of the outstanding developments has been an industry that utilizes agricultural waste products to produce synthetic lumber. Such materials as cornstalks (1), bagasse (2), wheat straw (3), wood (4), whole cotton plants (5) and etc., have entered into the manufacture of the different synthetic lumbers, and the different products have met with varied degrees of success. An investigation was undertaken to determine the feasibility of utilizing cotton stalk as a basic material in the manufacture of synthetic lumber. The cotton stalk is not just an ordinary waste, but a highly undesirable refuse when left standing in the fields; for, during the winter months the dead plant acts as a home for the boll weevil then in its dormant stage.

Name thesis:degree_name

Ph. D.

Level thesis:degree_level

doctoral

Discipline thesis:degree_discipline

Chemical Engineering

Department dc:contributor.department

Chemical Engineering

Grantor dc:publisher

Virginia Tech

Year dc:date.issued

1942

Author dc:creator

• Zur Burg, Frederick William

Statement dc:rights

• In Copyright

Licence dc:rights.uri

• http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/

Language dc:language.iso

en

Dc Identifier Other

etd-09092008-063909

OAI identifier oai:identifier

oai:vtechworks.lib.vt.edu:10919/39317