Ecological Composites Based On Synthetic and Lignocellulosic Polymers

Abstract

The increasing generation of biomass waste imposes nowadays to identify new procedures to better manage the reusing/ recycling of this waste in a sustainable way. The paper presents the research regarding the valorization of Salix sawdust and ammonium lignosulfonate (as fillers) and an acrylic copolymer in water dispersion (as matrix) in preparation of composite materials. The new, ecological composites were structurally characterized (by FT-IR and AFM analysis) and from the biological resistance against the attack of microorganisms from the soil.