Recently, a processing technique resembling plastic-type forming has been developed for solid wood. To improve the recyclability of the formed products, thermoplastics were used as a binder. In this study, a hydrophobic monomer of methylmethacrylate (MMA) was used as a thermoplastic binder and was impregnated into wood, then polymerised by heat to form polymethylmethacrylate (PMMA). The effects...

Wood liquefaction using an organic solvent and an acid catalyst has long been studied as a novel technique to utilize biomass as an alternative to petroleum-based products. Oxalic acid is a weaker organic acid than a mineral acid and wood liquefaction with oxalic acid as a catalyst will result in a higher amount of wood residue than that with a mineral acid. Yet the wood residue can be used as ...

This article is based on a n extensive report with the same title and available from the Univenity oj Toronto Puljo &Paper Centre. referred to as pulp) used in the manufacture of a variety of paper products. The chemicals assessed in this report include chlorination derivatives of 10 compounds (oleic acid, linoleic acid, stearic acid, beta-sitosterol, stigmasterol, prenols, squalene, phenol, ca...

In the fall of 2004, the National Marine Fisheries Service (NMFS) contracted with Stratus Consulting to conduct an independent, third party review of treated wood utilization in aquatic environments. This review is meant to support developing or updating NMFS guidelines for the use of treated wood along the Pacific Coast of the United States. The contract was awarded for copper-treated wood pro...

(ABSTRACT) Many different types of features can appear on the surface of wooden boards, lineals or parts. Some of these features should not appear on the surfaces of wood products. These features then become undesirable or removable defects for those products. To manufacture these products boards are cutup in such a way that these undesirable defects will not appear in the final product. Studie...

Wood-plastic composites represent a growing class of materials used by the residential construction industry and the furniture industry. For some applications in these industries, the fire performance of the material must be known, and in some cases improved. Lab-scale fire performance tests allow for comparisons between WPC formulations. At the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) oxygen index tes...

The wood samples were tested by the technique of stress wave, and the testing results were analyzed by using the statistic software of SPSS. The results showed that the length, density and knots of wood, the sizes of holes and numbers of holes have significant influence on propagation parameters and dynamic modulus of elasticity. Under the same specifications, the propagation time of the stress...

The particle size distribution of wood chips, along with the moisture content, are some of the main parameters for defining the quality of most wood fuels. A new experimental rotor, powered by the self-propelled forage harvester Claas Jaguar was developed by the Consiglio per la ricerca in agricoltura e l'analisi dell'economia agraria (CRA), Agricultural Engineering Research Unit (CRA-ING). The...

T he burning of wood is probably our oldest source for heating and cooking, and has been used by man for tens of thousands of years. Combustion of biomass, such as wood, animal dung and crop residues, is still used for cooking and heating by a large proportion of the global population, especially in less developed countries. In the industrialised world, and in countries with a cold winter clima...

The Swedish hardwood sawmills are today experiencing problems of finding profitable markets for products containing for instance knots and red or brown heartwood. By using hardwood outdoors, it would be possible to expand the market of hardwood with new products that may set other requirements on the wood than the present use. In Sweden today, hardwood is normally used in furniture, joinery, fl...