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Ivana Schwarzova, Nadezda Stevulova, Julia Cigasova, Jozef Junak
Effect of the water storage of biocomposites based on chemically treated
hemp hurds on their properties
| Conference Information: |
9th International Conference on Environmental
Engineering, MAY 22-23, 2014 Vilnius, LITHUANIA |
| Source: |
ICEE-2014 - International Conference on Environmental
Engineering |
| Book Series: |
International Conference on Environmental Engineering
(ICEE) Selected papers |
| ISSN: |
ISSN 2029-7092 online |
| ISBN: |
978-609-457-640-9 / 978-609-457-690-4 CD |
| Year: |
2014 |
| Publisher: |
Vilnius Gediminas Technical University Press Technika |
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Abstract
Due to the limited amount of total world reserves of non-renewable natural resources, the increased attention is devoted to the use of
alternative materials. Nowadays, the use of renewable materials such as natural fibres for reinforcement of lightweight composites is
attractive. The great importance is attached to industrial hemp as rapidly renewable fibres and non-waste material. Hemp hurds is
obtained from the processing of hemp stems (woody core of hemp stems) and used like a filler into composites.
In this paper, the attention is given to the water storage of biocomposites based on unmodified and chemically modified hemp hurds and
an alternative binder MgO-cement and to the testing of their mechanical and physical properties (compressive strength, density, thermal
conductivity).
Keywords: biocomposites, hemp hurds, chemical treatment, water storage
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