Chemical modification, properties, and usage of lignin / edited by Thomas Q. Hu

Includes bibliographical references and index

Machine generated contents note: 1. STARCH-LIGNIN FILMS1 -- Stephanie Baumberger -- 2. LIGNOSULFONIC ACID-DOPED POLYANILINE (LIGNO-PANITTM) -- - A VERSATILE CONDUCTING POLYMER21 -- Brian C. Berry and Tito Viswanathan -- 3. POLYURETHANES CONTAINING LIGNIN41 -- Hyoe Hatakeyama -- 4. LIGNINS AS MACROMONOMERS FOR POLYESTERS AND -- POLYURETHANES57 -- Alessandro Gandini, Mohamed N. Belgacem, Zhao-Xia Guo and Suzelei Montanari -- 5. LIGNIN AND ITS POLYBLENDS - A REVIEW81 -- Dorel Feldman -- 6. ARBOFORM - A THERMOPLASTIC, PROCESSABLE MATERIAL -- FROM LIGNIN AND NATURAL FIBERS101 -- Helmut Nagele, Jirgen Pfitzer, Edgar Nagele, Emilia R. Inone, Norbert Eisenreich, -- Wilhelm Eckl and Peter Eyerer -- 7. LIGNIN-BASED CARBON FIBERS121 -- John F. Kadla, Satoshi Kubo, Richard D. Gilbert and Richard A. Venditti -- 8. THE USE OF LIGNOSULFONATES AS WATER REDUCING AGENTS -- IN THE MANUFACTURE OF GYPSUM WALLBOARD139 -- Robert A. Northey -- 9. MODIFIED KRAFT LIGNIN AND ITS USE FOR SOIL -- PRESERVATION151 -- Kyoko Katsumata and Gyosuke Meshitsuka -- 10. NITROGENOUS FERTILIZERS FROM LIGNINS - A REVIEW167 -- Klaus Fischer and Rainer Schiene -- 11. PULPING CATALYSTS FROM LIGNIN -- - THE DIELS - ALDER STEP199 -- Donald R. Dimmel, Joseph J. Bozell, David G. von Oepen, and Michael C. Savidakis -- 12. ACETYLATION OF LIGNIN AND PHOTOSTABILIZATION OF -- LIGNIN-RICH MECHANICAL WOOD PULP AND PAPER221 -- Magnus Paulsson and Rune Simonson -- 13. CATALYTIC MODIFICATION AND PHOTOSTABILIZATION -- OF LIGNIN FUNCTIONAL GROUPS247 -- Thomas Q. Hu and Brian R. James -- 14. CHARACTERISTICS, INDUSTRIAL SOURCES, AND UTILIZATION -- OF LIGNINS FROM NON-WOOD PLANTS267 -- Jairo H. Lora -- INDEX283