This paper evaluates the advantages of using hardwood short fibre pulp (eucalyptus) as alternative to softwood long fibre pulp (pinus) and polymer fibres, traditionally used in reinforcement of cement-based materials. The ...

This paper presents the properties of a new fibre cement material formed by short ductile copper fibres randomly distributed in portland cement paste and compacted by compression to 35 MPa. The optimum percentage and the ...

Fermentable fibres are used in commercial dog food to promote intestinal health by providing substrates for better metabolic activity of the gut microbiota. Brazil is the world’s largest producer of oranges, from which it ...

Okra (Lady’s finger, Abelmoschus esculentus) fibres were introduced in a poly(lactic) acid (PLA) polymer matrix as short fibres (5–10 mm), in amounts variable between 10 and 30 %wt. For this purpose, both untreated and ...

Firs and pines dominated the global picture of the raw materials for paper industry until the 1950s. At that time, the interest in introducing new species, mostly hardwoods, led the researchers intensify efforts to look ...

The aim of the present study was to compare orange fibre, beet pulp and inulin as fibre sources for cats. A control diet (CON) was formulated without inclusion of a fibre source. Further experimental diets were also based ...

Degradation of short sisal fibres/Mater Bi-Y™ biocomposites during indoor burial experiments was analysed. Within the first month, water sorption was the main event followed by weight loss. Water sorption results demonstrated ...