Properties of wood-based materials: PULP,29,33 MFC,34–36 CNFs and CNCs37,38.
Property | PULP | MFC | CNFs | CNCs |
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Diameter | 15–50 μm | 2.5 nm to 25 μm | 3–60 nm | 2–5 nm |
Length | >2000 μm | 0.1–30 μm | 1–15 μm | 10–250 nm in plant 100–10 000 nm (tunicate-algae-bacteria) |
Crystallinity [%] | 45–70 | 35–55 | <50 | 60–90 |
Thermal stability [°C] | 200–270 | 200–250 | Up to 260 | Up to 230 |
Tensile modulus [GPa] | 32–40 | 8–14 | 23 | ∼150 |
Tensile strength [GPa] | 0.08–0.13 | 0.12–0.24 | 0.3–0.4 | 7.5–7.7 |
Density [g cm−3] | 1.2 | 1.2–1.4 | 1.4–1.5 | 1.5–1.6 |