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Australian wheat and hardwood fibers for advanced packaging materials

Year: 2024

Type: article

Abstract: Alternative crop fibers have shown great potential for paper applications, especially packaging. We demonstrate Australian wheat straw processing using a Regmed MD-3000 disc refiner to produce mechanical pulp fibers and assessment by making 60, 120 and 300 g/m2 handsheets. Wheat fibers and spotted gum fibers were then enzymatically sized (hydrophobized) by esterification to reduce the surface spread of water by 51 % and 36 %, respectively. Coffee pods (300 g/m2 equivalent) were manufactured using a thermoformer to demonstrate the versatility of mechanical wheat straw pulp fibers as a sustainable resource for food packaging application.

Source: Nordic Pulp & Paper Research Journal

DOI: 10.1515/npprj-2024-0055

Authors: Rahul Sharma, Fabiano Ximenes, Gil Garnier

Institutions: Monash University, New South Wales Department of Primary Industries

Language: English

Topic: Material Properties and Processing

Subfield: Mechanics of Materials

Field: Engineering

Domain: Physical Sciences

SDG: Responsible consumption and production

Open Access status: hybrid

Estimated APC paid: $2,489