> The exact ingredients of the plastic are not known since there were no records kept of the plastic itself. Speculation is that it was a combination of soybeans, wheat, hemp, flax and ramie. Lowell Overly, the person who had the most influence in creating the car, says it was "...soybean fiber in a phenolic resin with formaldehyde used in the impregnation." [16]
What are the binders for aerospace -grade hemp plastic these days? I don't think that formaldehyde is required anymore.
Hempitecture has salt-treated fire retardant hemp batting home insulation product which competes with fiberglass and cellulose batting and fill, and cork.
Kestrel has a modern vehicle made of hemp plastic.
Name of the 75% hemp aircraft made by Hempearth scientist from Canada doing engineering in the US:
Radar (ROC curve in ML, too) and these days Infrared signatures for hemp vehicles and crafts:
Hemp plastic would have been an advantage in WWII if:
These days many major auto manufacturers use hemp parts in production automobiles for its durability, cost, and sustainability in terms of carbon cost for example.
Hemp bast fiber competes with graphene in ultracapacitor anode applications, and IDK why not normal capacitors and batteries too. Hemp anodes are possibly more sustainable than graphene anodes (in supercapacitors and solid state batteries) due to the environmental and health hazards of graphene production and the relative costs of production.
Dimensional Hemp Wood lumber is real, and it is a formaldehye-free sustainable binder FWIU.
So - and this is what Kestrel and Hempearth are going for - it's probably possible to make closer to 100% of a vehicle or an aircraft with biocomposites inspecific or even hemp-only.
Soybean car > History, Internet video (of Rollins with a fireman's , Car ingredients: https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Soybean_car#Car_ingredients :
> The exact ingredients of the plastic are not known since there were no records kept of the plastic itself. Speculation is that it was a combination of soybeans, wheat, hemp, flax and ramie. Lowell Overly, the person who had the most influence in creating the car, says it was "...soybean fiber in a phenolic resin with formaldehyde used in the impregnation." [16]
What are the binders for aerospace -grade hemp plastic these days? I don't think that formaldehyde is required anymore.
Hempitecture has salt-treated fire retardant hemp batting home insulation product which competes with fiberglass and cellulose batting and fill, and cork.
FWIU treated polyurethane foam (like old seat cushions) absorbs oil (OleoSponge),
Kestrel has a modern vehicle made of hemp plastic.
Name of the 75% hemp aircraft made by Hempearth scientist from Canada doing engineering in the US:
Radar (ROC curve in ML, too) and these days Infrared signatures for hemp vehicles and crafts:
Hemp plastic would have been an advantage in WWII if:
These days many major auto manufacturers use hemp parts in production automobiles for its durability, cost, and sustainability in terms of carbon cost for example.
Hemp bast fiber competes with graphene in ultracapacitor anode applications, and IDK why not normal capacitors and batteries too. Hemp anodes are possibly more sustainable than graphene anodes (in supercapacitors and solid state batteries) due to the environmental and health hazards of graphene production and the relative costs of production.
YouTube has videos of hemp batteries; batteries made of hemp. https://www.youtube.com/results?sp=mAEA&search_query=hemp+ba...
Dimensional Hemp Wood lumber is real, and it is a formaldehye-free sustainable binder FWIU.
So - and this is what Kestrel and Hempearth are going for - it's probably possible to make closer to 100% of a vehicle or an aircraft with biocomposites inspecific or even hemp-only.