The Complete Technology Book on Wood and Its Derivatives

Contents: 1. Wood: structure and chemical composition. 2. Chemical change in wood associated with wood fiberboard manufacture. 3. Review of particleboard manufacture and processing. 4. Bark extracts as bonding agent for particle board. 5. Composition boards containing bark. 6. Polyurethane foams from the reaction of bark and diisocyanate. 7. Wood-polymer composites and their industrial applications. 8. Interaction of preservatives with wood. 9. Chemistry of Adhesion. 10. Activation of wood surface and non-conventional bonding. 11. Chemistry of weathering and protection. 12. Biological decomposition of solid wood. 13. The chemistry of pyrolysis and combustion. 14. Chemistry of fire retardancy. 15. Energy and chemicals from wood.

"The developments in wood industry in the country are mainly attributed to the pioneering work carried in the field of wooden products. There are lot of chemicals and other products extracted form wood. This book contains processes of various wooden products and its derivatives.

This is the first book of its kind which is very helpful to research scholars, entrepreneurs, technocrats, institutes, libraries and existing one."