<?xml version="1.0" encoding="UTF-8"?><xml><records><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pereira, H</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Baptista, C</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Influence of raw-material quality and process parameters in the production of insulation cork agglomerates</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">European Journal of Wood and Wood Products</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">chemical composition</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">CORK AGGLOMERATES</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Raw materials</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">structure</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">trituration behaviour (Voyant)</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1993</style></year></dates><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">51</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">301-308</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">{Insulation cork agglomerates are produced with different low-cost raw-materials unsuitable for other products: virgin corks (from prunmgs, thinnings anti dead trees), reproduction corks (refuse and underaged) and industrial byproducts (corkback strips). These materials were analysed in relation to chemical composition, struc- ture and trituration behaviour. The industrial byproducts diffcr significantly from the other materials due to the presence of an important amount of the unsubcriscd lignocellulosic phlocm (the back of the corkboards) in a way that is detrimental to the agglomeration process. The influence of raw-material, granulometry and process parameters (time, temperature and pressure} were studied using an experimental autoclave. Temperature is the deter- mining factor for agglomeration. Insufficient adhesion is obtained under 230 ~C and adequate agglomeration is attained only with temperatures in the range 230 300 &quot;C. corresponding to inass losses of 10 25%.</style></abstract></record><record><source-app name="Biblio" version="7.x">Drupal-Biblio</source-app><ref-type>17</ref-type><contributors><authors><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Pereira, H</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Graça, J</style></author><author><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Baptista, C</style></author></authors></contributors><titles><title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">THE EFFECT OF GROWTH-RATE ON THE STRUCTURE AND COMPRESSIVE PROPERTIES OF CORK</style></title><secondary-title><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">IAWA BULLETIN</style></secondary-title></titles><keywords><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">COMPRESSION PROPERTIES</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cork</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">GROWTH RATE</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">QUERCUS-SUBER L</style></keyword><keyword><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">YOUNG's MODULI</style></keyword></keywords><dates><year><style  face="normal" font="default" size="100%">1992</style></year></dates><publisher><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">INT ASSOC WOOD ANATOMISTS</style></publisher><pub-location><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">RIJKSHERBARIUM, PO BOX 9514, 2300 LEIDEN, NETHERLANDS</style></pub-location><volume><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">13</style></volume><pages><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">389-396</style></pages><language><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">eng</style></language><abstract><style face="normal" font="default" size="100%">Cork samples with an age of 9 years and with different growth rates, corresponding to calibre classes `small', `medium' and `large', were observed by scanning electron microscopy and tested mechanically in compression. Differences in calibre correspond to different widths of annual growth rings; widths differ because both the number of cells produced per year and cell dimensions differ. For instance, small and large calibre cork had, respectively, 50 and 151 cells in one row of an annual growth ring, with an average prism height of 32.6 and 39.8 mum. The stress-strain curves obtained in compression parallel to the three main directions showed that cork with the higher growth rate (large calibre) has lower strength in compression for all strains and lower Young's moduli.</style></abstract></record></records></xml>