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Mushroom By-Products Become Masks, Packaging and Absorbent Foams

Mushroom By-Products Become Masks, Packaging and Absorbent Foams

What they found

Foams made from spent mushroom substrate absorbed 21-28 times their weight in water and oil.

Foams made from spent mushroom substrate absorbed 21-28 times their weight in water and oil.

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absorbed 21-28 times their weight in water and oil

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Materials/engineering

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ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

ECOLOGY & CONSERVATION

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Upcycling Substrate

Upcycling Substrate

Researchers transformed mushroom by-products into functional material with three notable innovations. Flexible sheets from mushroom residue showed 82-94% antioxidant activity and superior strength to commercial face masks; spent mushroom substrate produced rigid sheets that were suitable for packaging; and foams made from substrate absorbed 21-28 times their weight in water and oil.

Researchers transformed mushroom by-products into functional material with three notable innovations. Flexible sheets from mushroom residue showed 82-94% antioxidant activity and superior strength to commercial face masks; spent mushroom substrate produced rigid sheets that were suitable for packaging; and foams made from substrate absorbed 21-28 times their weight in water and oil.

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