Potentials of Bambusa vulgaris Grown in Southeast Nigeria for the Manufacture of Wood-Cement Composite Panels
Read full paper at: http://www.scirp.org/journal/PaperInformation.aspx?PaperID=48500#.VD95hVfHRK0 Author(s) Eugene O. Onuorah , Elias Chukwunonso Nnabuife , Joseph T. Nwabanne Affiliation(s) Department of Metallurgical and Materials Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria . Department of Forestry and Wildlife, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria . Department of Chemical Engineering, Nnamdi Azikiwe University, Awka, Nigeria . ABSTRACT In this work, the potentials of Bambusa vulgaris grown in southeast Nigeria for the manufacture of wood-cement composite panels were studied. Representative culms of Bambusa vulgaris were collected from a 4-year-old stand at lower Anambra river basin, southeast, Nigeria. Fiber morp...