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R. Kat2en Associates, Chemicals from Wood Wastes, U.S. Department of Agriculture Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wise., Dec. 14,1975. 

Grain that is usable as food or feed is an expensive substrate for this fermentation process. A cheaper substrate might be some source of cellulose such as wood or agricultural waste. This, however, requires hydrolysis of cellulose to yield glucose. Such a process was used in Germany during World War II to produce yeast as a protein substitute. Another process for the hydrolysis of wood, developed by the U.S. Forest Products Laboratory, Madison, Wisconsin, uses mineral acid as a catalyst. This hydrolysis industry is very large in the former Soviet Union but it is not commercial elsewhere. 

J. L. Keays and G. M. Barton, Recent Advances in Foliage Utilicyation Information, Report VP-X-137, Western Eorest Products Laboratory, Vancouver, British Columbia, Canada, 1975. 

There is no specific color or other reaction by which methyl chloride can be detected or identified. QuaUty testing of methyl chloride for appearance, water content, acidity, nonvolatile residue, residual odor, methanol, and acetone is routinely done by production laboratories. Water content is determined with Kad Fischer reagent using the apparatus by Kieselbach (55). Acidity is determined by titration with alcohoHc sodium hydroxide solution. The nonvolatile residue, consisting of oil or waxy material, is determined by evaporating a sample of the methyl chloride at room temperature. The residue is examined after evaporation for the presence of odor. Methanol and acetone content are determined by gas chromatography. 

M Electronic Products Division, 6801 Riverplace Blvd., Austin, TX 78726, USA 3M Dental Products Laboratory, 3M Center, 260-2B-I2, St. Paul, MN 55144, USA... 

Fig. 3. Wedge test crack length as a function of maximum Cu buildup at the oxide-metal interface. The adhesive was Cytec FM-123. The surfaces were prepared with the Forest Products Laboratory etch. The oxide morphology was kept constant. Data are from Ref. 115].

Meat Products. Laboratory investigations as well as practical experience have shown that aluminum containers do not cause the objectionable darkening of meat that occurs with other metals. Wunsche (13) found that luncheon meat stored in lacquered aluminum cans retained its normal color after more than one year, while a slight surface discoloration was observed on the same product packed in lacquered tinplate cans. 

The control and production laboratory operations to be considered as important as any other space commitment... 

Concentrated wastes can result from bad product being made, unsalable byproducts, contamination of products, laboratory wastes, and previously mentioned pollution-abatement steps that concentrate the pollutants. Whatever their source, if recovery is impossible, they must be eliminated. The most common means are incineration or pyrolysis followed by landfill operations and/or compacting. As... 

D. W. Green, M. Begel, and W. Nelson, Janka Hardness Using Nonstandard Specimens, Research Note FPL-RN-0303, Forest Products Laboratory, U.S Dept, of Agriculture, Madison, WI, USA (2006). 

F. L. Browne, Theories of Combustion of Wood and It s Control. Report 2136, Forest Products Laboratory, Forest Service, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Madison, Wisconsin (December 1958). 

Mississippi Forest Products Laboratory, Mississippi State University, Mississippi State, MS 39762... 

Tang, W. K. Research Paper, Forest Products Laboratory, USDA Forest Serlvce. 1967, No. FPL-71 16 pp. 

At the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL), Brenden and Chamberlain (6) examined the feasibility of measuring heat release rate from an ASTM E-119 furnace. Three methods of measuring heat release were considered the substitution method, oxygen consumption method, and weight of material/heat of combustion method. The oxygen consumption method was shown to be the most advantageous way to measure heat release. However, data were limited to a few assemblies. Chamberlain... 

Brenden, John J. Chamberlain, David L. Heat Release Rates From Wall Assemblies Oxygen Consumption and Other Methods Compared. Res. Pap. FPL-RP-476. U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory Madison, WI, 1986. 

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