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Ismail, Puteri Nur Khairunnisha and Bakar, Edi Suhaimi and Ahmad, Nurul Azwa and Choo, Adrian Cheng Yong
(2014)
Effect of combination oven and microwave heating in the resin semi-curing process on the physical properties of ‘compreg’ OPW.
BioResources, 9 (3).
pp. 4899-4907.
ISSN 1930-2126
Abstract
Oil palm wood (OPW) is still difficult to utilize efficiently due to its low strength, non-durability, low dimensional stability, and poor machinability. This study was conducted to investigate semi-curing of OPW with low-molecular weight phenol formaldehyde (Lmw-PF) by a combination of oven and microwave heating. Four main processes in a modified compreg method were used, i.e. drying, impregnation, resin semi-curing heating, and hot-pressing densification. Heating type had a significant effect on the physical properties of treated OPW. The combination of the heating methods used a much shorter time compared to heating by oven only, where over 24 to 30 h were needed to dry the treated OPW.
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| Item Type: | Article |
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| Divisions: | Faculty of Forestry Institute of Tropical Forestry and Forest Products |
| Publisher: | College of Natural Resources, North Carolina State University |
| Keywords: | Phenolic resin; Oil palm wood; Wood heating; Physical and mechanical properties |
| Depositing User: | Nabilah Mustapa |
| Date Deposited: | 21 Aug 2015 23:31 |
| Last Modified: | 18 Sep 2015 02:14 |
| URI: | http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/37212 |
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