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Soy Flour Could Replace Petroleum-Based Adhesives in Wood Component Manufacturing

Dan Alabama, Forestry, Industry News Release, Soybeans

AUBURN, Ala. (AU/SFWS) – Soy flour could soon replace petroleum—at least in adhesives used in the manufacturing of particleboard. Professor Brian Via of the Auburn University School of Forestry and Wildlife Sciences has obtained a patent that will allow soy flour to replace petroleum-based adhesives traditionally utilized to manufacture wood components in particleboard, an engineered wood product commonly used in …