Sustainability goals are essential driving principles for the development of innovative
materials in the construction industry. Natural fibers represent an attractive alternative as
reinforcing material due to good mechanical properties and sustainability prerequisites. The
study has been focused on the comparative investigation of chemical and physical
treatments of hemp hurds and their influence on the thermal behavior of main hemp
constituents in air and nitrogen atmosphere. Thermal decomposition of hemp hurds involves …

Sustainability goals are essential driving principles for the development of innovative
materials in the construction industry. Natural fibers (hemp hurds as a waste material from
hemp stem processing) represent an attractive alternative as reinforcing material due to
good mechanical properties and sustainability prerequisites. Cellulose fibers are coming
from different sources such as natural raw materials (hemp, flax, coir, wood) and waste raw
materials (waste paper). The results of a systematic investigation of the influence of physical …