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'''Steam exploded fiber''' is a pulping and extraction technique that has been applied to [[Biology:Wood|wood]] and other fibrous organic material.<ref name="Avella 1995">{{cite journal|author=Maurizio Avella|author2=Claudio Bozzi |author3=Ramiro dell'Erba |author4=Bonaventura Focher |author5=Annamaria Marzetti |author6=Ezio Martuscelli |title=Steam-exploded wheat straw fibers as reinforcing material for polypropylene-based composites. Characterization and properties|date= November 1995|journal=Die Angewandte makromolekulare Chemie: Applied macromolecular chemistry and physics|volume=233|issue=1|pages= 149–166|url=https://books.google.com/books?id=NckXAAAAIAAJ|accessdate=29 November 2011|publisher=Hüthig & Wepf Verlag}}</ref> The resulting fibers can be combined with organic polymers to produce fiber [[Chemistry:Composite material|composite material]]s. Alternatively, the fibers, along with other extracted substances, can be processed chemically or digested to produce [[Chemistry:Ethanol|ethanol]] and other useful substances.

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==External links==
* [http://aiche.confex.com/aiche/2005/techprogram/P29158.HTM Processing corn cobs to ethanol and other chemicals]
* [http://www.ornl.gov/sci/bst/symposium/index_files/6Aabstracts/6A_19.htm Insitu Detoxification Cotton Gin Waste for Ethanol Production]
* [http://www.geocities.co.jp/Technopolis/3755/abstracts.htm#Holts1 Binderless boards from steam-exploded oil palm pulp]

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