@article{Aronovksy:337127,
      recid = {337127},
      author = {Aronovksy, S. I. and Clark, T. F.},
      title = {Plastics from Bagasse and Other Agricultural Residues},
      address = {1941-03},
      number = {1962-2023-894},
      series = {ACE-130},
      pages = {18},
      year = {1941},
      note = {Tables included:  Table 1. Average annual production for  1931-35, inclusive, and proximate analyses of certain  agricultural byproducts.  Table 2. Average of certain  physical characteristics of plastics produced from sugar  cane bagasse.  Table 3. Estimated cost of raw materials for  the production of bagasse molding powders.},
      abstract = {Excerpts:  The experimental development of agricultural  residues, particularly bagasse, for the production of  low-cost molding compounds has received increasing  attention in recent years.  The United States Department of  Agriculture estimated the average annual production, on the  dry basis, of strands, corncobs, hulls, corn stover,  bagasse and other residues for the period 1931-1935 at more  than 173,000,000 tons, of which more than 84,000,000 tons  has considered to be available for industrial use.  A  considerable amount of bagasse has been used in the  production of structural and insulating board in the last  twenty years.  However, the total consumption for this  purpose in the United States and its insular possessions  probably does not exceed 250,000 tons annually.  A small  amount of the bagasse is used for livestock bedding,  poultry litter, stock feed, and for other purposes.  The  major portion is burned for fuel at the sugar factories.   It may be seen from the foregoing studies on bagasse that  it appears to be a suitable raw material for the production  of low-cost molding compounds.  Its ready availability in  sizable quantities at the sugar mills is a factor which  favors this raw material at the present time.  Experimental  bagasse molding powders have produced plastic materials  with dielectric and other strength characteristics and with  resistance to moisture absorption similar to those of  phenol-formaldehyde and phenol-furfural molding compounds.   The relatively low cost of molding powders produced from  bagasse and other agricultural residues should be of  considerable interest to the automotive, rubber,  electrical, furniture and building industries where large  volume production is practiced.},
      url = {http://ageconsearch.umn.edu/record/337127},
      doi = {https://doi.org/10.22004/ag.econ.337127},
}