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((Short description|Use of corn (maize) in construction))
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'''Corn construction''' refers to the use of [[maize|corn (maize)]] in [[construction]].
The tassel, leaf, silk, cob in husks, and the stalk are the parts of corn.
According to the Michigan Department of Agriculture, "corn can be made into fuel, abrasives, solvents, charcoal, animal feed, bedding for animals, insulation, adhesives, and more. The kernel is used as oil, bran, starch, glutamates, animal feed, and solvents. The silk is combined with other parts of the corn plant to be used as part of animal feed, [[silage]], and fuels. Husks are made into dolls and used as filling materials. The stalk is used to make paper, wallboard, silage, syrup, and [[rayon]] (artificial silk)."<ref>[http://www.michigan.gov/mda/0,1607,7-125-2961_2971-77056--,00.html Michigan Department of Agriculture]</ref>

==History==
Corn has long been used in manufacturing.  There were a number innovations in the [[United States]] in the early 1900s.  For example, [[Henry Ford]]'s conceptual [[Model U]] car featured tires with corn-based filler and a corn-based fabric roof.

The [[Corn Palace]], a building in Mitchell, South Dakota, is decorated with murals and designs made from corn and other grains.

==Materials==
===Husks===
The outer [[husk]] of corn can be used to make corn husk [[doll]]s, [[txalaparta]] musical instruments, and other crafts. Husks are used as the wrapper for [[tamale]]s. The husk is also used in South American countries as a cigarette [[rolling paper]].

===Corncobs===
[[Corncob]]s, the core of corn ears, are very absorbent.  They have been used to make inexpensive [[Smoking pipe (tobacco)|smoking pipe]]s, and to transport various materials.  Ground corn cobs make an effective blasting media, are friendly to the environment, and delicate while maintaining abrasive capacity.

Corncobs are increasingly being used as a low-cost, [[environmentally friendly]] [[Thermal insulation|insulation]] material for houses.

===Cornstarch===
[[Goodyear Tire and Rubber Company|Goodyear]] BioTRED tires are made using a biologic polymer derived from [[cornstarch]] as the filler.

===Corn kernels===
Corn kernel burning stoves have found increasing popularity following the rise in natural gas and fuel oil prices. Large corn furnaces are capable of heating any size building, and fueling generators to produce electricity. <!-- cite needed --> Corn kernels are a natural pellet, which makes corn less expensive and more readily available than wood byproduct pellets. <!-- cite needed --> Manufactured pellets sold out in 2005, while corn is readily available for a much better price. <!-- cite needed --> Heat savings go up to 75% over natural gas or fuel oil.<!-- cite needed -->

==Plastics==
Recently, corn has been used to make [[Biodegradation|biodegradable]] containers.  Corn can be used to create non-[[petroleum]] [[plastic]], which is often [[compostable]].

==See also==
*[[Maize]]
*[[Not A Cornfield]]
*[[Cob (building)]]

==References==
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((corn))
[[Category:Maize]]
[[Category:Building materials]]

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