Also: industrial hemp, hempcrete, hemp fibre, hemp shiv
Industrial hemp is a fast-growing crop whose strong bast fibres and woody core (shiv) are used in composites, insulation and lime-hemp building blocks known as hempcrete. Researchers have even turned it into carbon for energy storage.
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Measured mechanical and thermal properties of lime and hemp concrete made by a spray projection process.
Built / tested: hempcrete walls
As reported in: Elfordy, Lucas, Tancret et al. (2008). Mechanical and thermal properties of lime and hemp concrete (“hempcrete”) manufactured by a projection process. Construction and Building Materials. doi:10.1016/j.conbuildmat.2007.07.016
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A review of the energy and environmental assessment of industrial hemp for building applications.
As reported in: Ingrao, Lo Giudice, Bacenetti et al. (2015). Energy and environmental assessment of industrial hemp for building applications: A review. Renewable and Sustainable Energy Reviews. doi:10.1016/j.rser.2015.06.002
Interconnected carbon nanosheets derived from hemp used for fast, high-energy supercapacitors.
Built / tested: supercapacitor electrodes
As reported in: Wang, Xu, Kohandehghan et al. (2013). Interconnected Carbon Nanosheets Derived from Hemp for Ultrafast Supercapacitors with High Energy. ACS Nano. doi:10.1021/nn400731g
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Studied how water absorption affects the mechanical properties of hemp fibre-reinforced polyester composites.
Built / tested: fibre composites
As reported in: DHAKAL, ZHANG, RICHARDSON (2007). Effect of water absorption on the mechanical properties of hemp fibre reinforced unsaturated polyester composites. Composites Science and Technology. doi:10.1016/j.compscitech.2006.06.019
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A review of methods to modify hemp fibres for structural fibre-reinforced polymer composites.
As reported in: Tanasă, Zănoagă, Teacă et al. (2019). Modified hemp fibers intended for fiber‐reinforced polymer composites used in structural applications—A review. I. Methods of modification. Polymer Composites. doi:10.1002/pc.25354
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