E-Book, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Web PDF
Cooke / Rollins / Taylor Cork and the Cork Tree
1. Auflage 2013
ISBN: 978-1-4832-2662-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
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International Series of Monographs on Pure and Applied Biology: Botany, Vol. 4
E-Book, Englisch, 136 Seiten, Web PDF
ISBN: 978-1-4832-2662-0
Verlag: Elsevier Science & Techn.
Format: PDF
Kopierschutz: 1 - PDF Watermark
Cork and the Cork Tree, Volume 4 provides the important general information about cork based on the author's 30 years of experience with cork, cork trees, and the cork industry. This book is organized into two main parts encompassing 15 chapters that specifically cover the planting and growing cork trees in the United States through the McManus Cork Project. This book presents first a brief history of cork, cork products, and the cork industry. The subsequent chapters deal with the geographical distribution, a description of the tree, its cultivation and the harvesting of the cork bark. These topics are followed by discussions on the botanical aspects of the cork tree, the characteristics of the tree, and the methods of its culture, as well as the physic-chemical properties of the cork. The concluding chapters focus on the manufacture and applications of cork products. This book will be of value to chemists and cork manufacturers.
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Weitere Infos & Material
1;Front Cover;1
2;Cork and the Cork Tree;6
3;Copyright Page ;7
4;Table of Contents;12
5;PART I: CORK AND CORK PRODUCTS;16
5.1;CHAPTER 1. INTRODUCTION AND HISTORY;16
5.1.1;INTRODUCTION;16
5.1.2;HISTORY;18
5.2;CHAPTER 2. THE CORK TREE;23
5.2.1;BOTANICAL CHARACTERISTICS;23
5.2.2;CULTURE AND HARVEST;26
5.3;CHAPTER 3. STRUCTURE AND PHYSICAL PROPERTIES;34
5.3.1;COMPRESSIBILITY AND RESILIENCY;34
5.3.2;IMPERVIOUSNESS TO WATER AND OTHER LIQUIDS;37
5.3.3;LOW SPECIFIC GRAVITY;37
5.3.4;LOW THERMAL CONDUCTIVITY;37
5.3.5;VIBRATION ABSORBENCY;38
5.3.6;HIGH COEFFICIENT OF FRICTION;38
5.3.7;SOUND ABSORBENCY;38
5.4;CHAPTER 4. CHEMICAL COMPOSITION;39
5.5;COMMERCIAL ASPECTS;47
5.6;CHAPTER 5. MANUFACTURE OF NATURAL CORK ARTICLES;48
5.7;CHAPTER 6. COMPOSITION CORK;56
5.8;CHAPTER 7. CORKBOARD;66
5.9;CHAPTER 8. MISCELLANEOUS CORK PRODUCTS;70
5.10;CHAPTER 9. PRODUCTION AND TRADE DATA;75
6;PART II: CORK CULTURE IN THE UNITED STATES ;87
6.1;CHAPTER 10. EARLY CORK OAK PLANTINGS IN THE UNITED STATES;87
6.2;CHAPTER 11. THE McMANUS CORK PROJECT;95
6.2.1;I. ORIGIN AND SCOPE;95
6.2.2;II. ORGANIZATION AND OPERATION;97
6.3;CHAPTER 12. ACHIEVEMENTS OF THE McMANUS CORK PROJECT;101
6.3.1;ACORN COLLECTION AND DISTRIBUTION;101
6.3.2;SEEDLING DISTRIBUTION;103
6.3.3;STRIPPING CORK TREES;104
6.3.4;RESEARCH ACTIVITIES;106
6.4;CHAPTER 13. POTENTIAL CORK AREAS IN THE UNITED STATES;110
6.5;CHAPTER 14. PROPAGATION OF CORK TREES;118
6.5.1;DIRECTIONS FOR PLANTING CORK OAK ACORNS;121
6.5.2;PLANTING CORK SEEDLINGS;121
6.5.3;PLANTING INSTRUCTIONS;124
6.6;CHAPTER 15. FUTURE TRENDS;126
7;LITERATURE CITED;128
8;SUBJECT INDEX;131
9;INDEX OF PLACES AND PERSONS NOT IN LITERATURE REFERENCES;134
