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15 - General Engineering
University of Bristol
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Article title
Corn's cob as a potential ecological thermal insulation material
Type
D - Journal article
Title of journal
Energy and Buildings
Article number
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Volume number
43
Issue number
8
First page of article
1985
ISSN of journal
0378-7788
Year of publication
2011
Number of additional authors
8
Additional information
Environmental-friendly building materials from renewable resources are of fundamental importance to society. Paper shows that corn's cob, an agricultural waste product, can be used as sustainable building material to provide thermal insulation. It possesses significant similarities (in terms of microstructure and chemical composition) to extruded polystyrene commonly used for thermal insulation. Work has had significant impact with research groups in Portugal [Profs. Pacheco-Torgal and Cunha, University of Minho; Prof. Soares, University of Aveiro].
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Cross-referral requested
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Research group
E - Earthquake and Geomechanics
Proposed double-weighted
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Reserve for a double-weighted output
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No
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