alternative
sustainable solution for different building applications. Previously,
the microstructure and the elementary chemical
composition of the corn cob were identified in [15] by performing
a scanning electron microscopy/energy dispersive spectroscopy
(SEM/EDS) analysis. Its alveolar microstructure type and elementary
chemical composition were found to be similar to the extruded
polystyrene (XPS) or cork. These results have inspired us
to think about a possible affordable and sustainable corn cob particleboard
solution as an alternative to the previously reported
ones [16–18]. Therefore, a simple manufacturing process consisting
in binding corn cob particles with wood glue according to the
ratio of 1:4 (glue: corn cob particles), in terms of weight, is proposed
here.