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Long-Term Leaching Effect on Decay Resistance of Wood-Plastic Composites Treated with Boron Compounds

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In this study, water absorption, thickness swelling and decay resistance of thermoplastic composites treated with three types of boron compounds was investigated. Spruce wood flour was treated with boric acid (BA), borax (BX) and mixture of BA–BX, and then was reinforced at two loading rate (20 and 40 wt%) in polymer matrix. Decay test of the composites was performed using with a brown rot fungus Coniophora puteana and a white rot fungus Trametes versicolor both for leached and unleached samples. The morphologic evaluations of decayed samples were done by scanning electron microscopy. Composites containing higher wood flour loading resulted in increased water absorption, thickness swelling, weight loss and moisture content. Fungal decay susceptibility of WPCs was influenced by leaching test for 60 days. Boron compound treated composites showed higher weight loss and moisture content than controls in decay test. All tested performance parameters were considerably increased in BX containing composites.

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Acknowledgements

The authors would like to thank undergraduate student Ömür Ahmet Yazıcı for helping water immersion and decay testing in the Forest Industry Engineering Department, Bursa Technical University, Turkey.

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  1. Department of Interior Architecture, Karadeniz Technical University, Trabzon, Turkey

    Ayfer Donmez Cavdar

  2. Department of Forest Industry Engineering, Bursa Technical University, Bursa, Turkey

    Eylem Dizman Tomak

  3. Department of Forest Industry Engineering, Kahramanmaras Sutcu Imam University, Kahramanmaras, Turkey

    Fatih Mengeloglu

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Cavdar, A.D., Tomak, E.D. & Mengeloglu, F. Long-Term Leaching Effect on Decay Resistance of Wood-Plastic Composites Treated with Boron Compounds. J Polym Environ 26, 756–764 (2018). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10924-017-0992-7

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