Steam exploded fiber
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Steam exploded fiber is a pulping and extraction technique that has been applied to wood
and other fibrous organic material. The resulting fibers can be combined with organic polymers to produce fiber composite material
s. Alternatively, the fibers, along with other extracted substances, can be processed chemically or digested to produce ethanol
and other useful substances.
Wood
Wood is a hard, fibrous tissue found in many trees. It has been used for hundreds of thousands of years for both fuel and as a construction material. It is an organic material, a natural composite of cellulose fibers embedded in a matrix of lignin which resists compression...
and other fibrous organic material. The resulting fibers can be combined with organic polymers to produce fiber composite material
Composite material
Composite materials, often shortened to composites or called composition materials, are engineered or naturally occurring materials made from two or more constituent materials with significantly different physical or chemical properties which remain separate and distinct at the macroscopic or...
s. Alternatively, the fibers, along with other extracted substances, can be processed chemically or digested to produce ethanol
Ethanol
Ethanol, also called ethyl alcohol, pure alcohol, grain alcohol, or drinking alcohol, is a volatile, flammable, colorless liquid. It is a psychoactive drug and one of the oldest recreational drugs. Best known as the type of alcohol found in alcoholic beverages, it is also used in thermometers, as a...
and other useful substances.