⧉Image Chairs And Stools: Magazine Image Explaining Material Usage
- Title
- The comprehensive usage of timber (mucai de zonghe liyong 木材的综合利用)
- Date
- 1960-04
- Creator
- Unknown
- Publisher
- China Forestry (Zhongguo linye 中国林业), Issue 4
- Rights
- Zhongguo linye. Public Domain.
- Description
Published in the China Forestry magazine, this image explains how so-called 'waste' (feiliao 废料) from timber felling and manufacturing can be used for all sorts of purposes: 1. Gasification (qihua 气化), which produces wood tar (mujiaoyou 木焦油), acetic acid (cusuan 醋酸), and coal gas (meiqi 煤气), 2. Dry distillation (ganliu 干馏), which produces wood alcohol (mujing 木精), wood tar, charcoal (mutan 木炭), and chemical products (huaxue chanpin 化学产品), 3. Fibre production (xianwei shengchan 纤维生产), which results in fibreboard (xianweiban 纤维板), paper (zaozhi 造纸), and man-made fibres (renzaosi 人造丝), 4. Leaching (jinti 浸提), which produces resin (shuzhi 树脂) and gum (shujiao 树胶), and 5. Hydrolisis (shuijie 水解), which helps manufacture alcohol (jiujing 酒精), glucose (putaotang 葡萄糖), and Xylose used in pig feed (mutang 木糖). Other products that can be made from timber waste include furniture (and we can see a wardrobe and a bed in the image), toys, and agricultural tools.