Banana chips ( Musa acuminata ) as an alternative lignocellulosic raw material for particleboard manufacture



Título del documento: Banana chips ( Musa acuminata ) as an alternative lignocellulosic raw material for particleboard manufacture
Revista: Maderas : ciencia y tecnología
Base de datos:
Número de sistema: 000544796
ISSN: 0718-221X
Autores: 1
Instituciones: 1Technological Educational Institute of Eastern Macedonia and Thrace, Department of Forestry and Management of Natural Environment, Drama. Grecia
Año:
Periodo: Jul
Volumen: 20
Número: 3
Paginación: 395-402
País: Chile
Idioma: Inglés
Resumen en inglés This study shows that it is feasible to make one-layer experimental particleboards from banana chips. Mechanical properties were easily satisfied at lower dosing rates, however thickness swelling remains a problem. The addition of 1% wax to the boards bonded with 14% resin resulted in improved thickness swelling and satisfied the EN 312 standard, but still it was not sufficiently low to satisfy the ANSI standard. It is suggested that combinations of banana chips with industrial wood chips, may be used in order to improve the thickness swelling of the particleboards. Also, the use of chemical modification of the banana chips with conventional urea formaldehyde resin may be an avenue for exploration in further investigations.
Keyword: Dimensional stability,
Internal bond,
Mechanical properties,
Modulus of rupture,
Resins,
Thickness swelling
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