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Not Available Paper recycling continues to increase in the United States, with public support and legislative mandates helping boost recycling of all paper grades. Office waste paper is a significant source of high grade paper fiber for recycling, but is currently underutilized, due to the challenges of fully removing xerographic and laser printer toner. These so called *laser inks* are designed t ...

Commercially available tents and vestibules are relatively inaccessible to people who use mobility devices or those with dexterity limitations. The objectives of this project are to develop and test tent-related technology which results in a vestibule and a combined tent and vestibule accessible to people of varying abilities, including people with mobility, dexterity, cognitive and visual impairm ...

Not Available Wood fiber reinforced cement complements the high tensile strength, toughness, impact resistance and workability of wood with the fire resistance, durability and dimensional stability of cement-based materials, offering a unique balance of performance characteristics and aesthetic qualities at competitive cost. Current wood fiber cement processing systems, however, yield products of ...

Not Available In Phase I, a new family water-borne latex dispersions were prepared that incorporate the sugar ?dextrose' from corn. Targeting at a minimum the performance of conventional synthetics, these new sugar based polymers have important environmental benefits: they are recycling-friendly, incorporate an annually renewable resource, and contain no volatile organic compounds (VOC's). The sug ...

Nitrate is one of the most widely determined anions in all spheres of agriculture. Economical and environmentally responsible crop production now requires that farmers know the concentration of nitrate in soil-and increasingly, in the sap of developing plants-to determine the amount and timing of fertilizer application to their fields. Nitrate is classified as a primary contaminant under the Clean ...

The objective of this project is development of simple, enzyme-based nitrate test kits for on-site feed and crop analysis. Many plant species accumulate nitrate, especially in times of stress such as drought. Nitrate levels can be high enough to pose a toxicity risk to livestock: consumption of excess nitrate can suppress rate of growth, low birth weight or stillbirths, reduced milk production, an ...

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Objectives To determine the most effective mash recipe and optimal physical parameters for producing consistence, quality mulch pellets. In Phase I, we determined the general properties of a pellet that will make good mulch. The most critical operation is the actual milling of the mash into a pellet. It is a process involving pressure, heat and material consistency. The raw material that is pellet ...

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Not Available A family of product is being developed to provide consumer appliances that have the capability to maintain fruits, vegetables and other produce under optimal storage conditions in the home. Consumers are frustrated that produce items look inviting at the retail store or farmer's market, yet do not maintain quality for an acceptable time once in the home. They are further frustrated b ...