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Carbon foam production by biomass pyrolysis

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Carbon-based foams have attracted significant attention because of their unique physical properties, such as low density, fire resistance, and low thermal conductivity. Biomass is a qualified carbon raw material used for the preparation of valuable carbon materials because it is available in high quality and huge quantity and it is an environmentally friendly renewable resource. In this work, carbon foams were developed from a wood foam precursor, by pyrolysis. The characteristics of these foams were studied in order to verify their possible use in thermal insulation. Carbon foams were produced with different wood flour particle sizes and densities. The main results indicate that the wood foam density has significant effect on the carbon foam contraction after pyrolysis and all samples presented a structure predominantly composed of carbon with higher thermal stability than the levels presented by wood foams.

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The authors would like to express their gratitude to the National Council of Technological and Scientific Development (CNPq) and the Secretariat of Science, Innovation and Development of Rio Grande do Sul (SCT/RS) for the financial support and the LPOL and LBIO of the Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS).

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    Matheus Vinícius Gregory Zimmermann

  2. Universidade de Caxias do Sul (UCS), R. Francisco Getúlio Vargas, 1130, Caxias do Sul, CEP 95070-560, Brazil

    Matheus Vinícius Gregory Zimmermann, Daniele Perondi, Lídia Kunz Lazzari, Marcelo Godinho & Ademir José Zattera

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Zimmermann, M.V.G., Perondi, D., Lazzari, L.K. et al. Carbon foam production by biomass pyrolysis. J Porous Mater 27, 1119–1125 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10934-020-00888-y

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