What is the industrial use of lignin?

lignin is an essential organic binding element in cellular structures and fibers of wood and plants such as grass. There are two classes of lignin-like types of sulfur and without sulfur-which together represent the second most abundant source of renewable carbon in the world. Since 2011, however, only a lignin bearing sulfur has been used commercially, but the vast majority is discarded as waste. Common industrial use of lignin is emulsion and dispersion, polymer binders and food ingredients. It is also used for agricultural rehabilitation of soil as an anticorrosive agent and as a solar agent. This necessary substance is unique in that its chemical composition is never exactly the same from one plant to the other, the only predictable characteristic is the phenyl-protein based on the dendritic network. The substance is remarkable for the fact that after cellulose it is the second richest renewable source of carbon on the ground. There are two basic-lignine classes bearing sulfur and lignin without sulfur-SA variant bearing sulfur is the only one of any commercial interests since 2011. In fact, very little substances are used, with most of the 40 to 50 million tonnes (36.3-45.4 million tonnes) are produced annually for dishonest waste.

Two commonly used varieties of lignin bearing sulfur are lignosulfonates and kraft lemns, with an approximate collective global production of 600,000 tonnes (544,310 tonnes) on the corner. One of the desired characteristics of these substances is their hydrophilic and hydrophobic properties that consider substances used as dispersion and emulsifier agents with multiple polarity. Being a naturally branched and amplified mesh polymer is also regularly used as a binding agent in a number of materials such as polyurethane, polyester and several stages of particles and resin. Other industrial use of substances as a material binder include the production of composites, active carbons and several epoxides.

groundThe Selo sector also uses lignin as a aid for soil rehabilitation and as part of the fertilizers with slow release. Other agricultural uses include ingredients in insecticides, artificial humus and as granulation and pelletizing aid. The food industry is also a lignin consumer as part of various antioxidant and antibacterial food ingredients. In other industries, the substance is often used as a sunscontal, foam stabilizer and part of several pharmaceutical antibacterial and anti -inflammatory products.

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