Further developments include new lignin glue applications, recyclable food packaging, rubber tire replacement applications, anti-bacterial medical agents, and high strength fabrics or composites. As scientists and engineers further learn and develop new techniques to extract various components from wood, or alternatively to modify wood, for example by adding components to wood, new more advanced products will appear on the marketplace. Moisture content electronic monitoring can also enhance next generation wood protection. COUNT 5
QSN1 What could we monitor electronically that could help inform new methods of wood protection? ANS1 Moisture content QSN2 Development in the wood manufacturing industry include using lignin to make what substance? ANS2 glue QSN3 Instead of rubber, what important part of a car might someday be replaced by components of wood? ANS3 tire QSN4 What material might be developed from wood that could make clothes that resist wear and tear? ANS4 high strength fabrics QSN5 In addition to extracting components from wood, what might scientist do by adding components, for example, to make innovative products? ANS5 modify wood