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New wood-based resin beats fossil resin strength by 76%
The results are resins that are not only sustainable but also outperform their fossil-based counterparts! During testing, the glass fiber-reinforced composites with a variant of the plant-based resin exhibited improved toughness and significantly higher tensile and flexural strengths and toughness than DGEBA resins. These results represent a big win for sustainable composite alternatives.