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Scientists from Sweden have created a “wooden glass”
04.04.2016 14:09
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Scientists from Sweden have created a “wooden glass”

Wood is a beautiful material for building. He is very strong, cheap, renewable and very pliable. And it is highly likely that the tree will find its use in the manufacture of Windows and solar panels as a cheaper alternative to more traditional silicon glass. The fact that a group of researchers from the Swedish Royal Institute of technology (KHT), under the leadership of Professor Lars Berglund found a way of chemical removal of lignin from natural wood fibers.

Lignin, in turn, is a substance characterizing the stiff walls of plant cells. Thanks to his destruction, scientists were able to "bleach" the wood and make it almost transparent.

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