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Green Composites from Natural Resources
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Green Composites from Natural Resources

by Vijay Kumar Thakur
November 2013
Intermediate to advanced
419 pages
15h 25m
English
CRC Press
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177Life Cycle Assessment for Natural Fiber Composites
TABLE 8.3
Environmental Impacts for the Production of Fibers
Impact Category
Glass
Fibers
Scutched
Flaxwith
Photosynthesis
(by Mass)
Hackled
Flaxwith
Photosynthesis
(by Mass)
Hackled Flax
without
Photosynthesis
(by Mass)
Hackled
Flax (by
Economic
Value) Units
Abiotic depletion 19 1.3 1.7 1.7 6.5
×10
−3
kg Sb eq./kg
Acidication 16 1.8 2.2 2.1 8.5
×10
−3
kg SO
2
eq/kg
Eutrophication 1.2 1.4 1.4 1.4 6.2
×10
−3
kg PO
4
eq/kg
Global warming (GWP100) 2.65 −1.45 −1.4 0.3 −6.4 kg CO
2
eq/kg
Ozone layer depletion (ODP) 200 21 24 24 98
×10
−9
kg CFC-11 eq/kg
Human toxicity 9.1 0.15 0.215 0.21 0.77 kg 1,4-DB eq/kg
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