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Combined effect of acetylation and wax emulsion on physical and mechanical properties of particleboard

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Two different acetylation treatments were applied to wood particles as follows: (1) the wood particles were treated with acetic anhydride at 100 °C for 1 h or (2) the wood particles were treated with acetic anhydride (purity 96 %) at room temperature (25 °C) for 48 h. The wax emulsion was applied to the control and acetylated wood particles at 0, 0.5 or 1.0 wt% based on oven-dry weight of the wood particle. Acetylation of the wood particles at normal temperature slightly improved bending properties of the particleboards, while acetylation at high temperature decreased the bending properties. The dimensional stability of the particleboards significantly improved.

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Acknowledgments

This study was supported by 2015 Research Grant from Kangwon National University and by the MSIP (Ministry of Science, Ict and Future Planning) Republic of Korea. The authors would like to thank them for their financial support.

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  1. Department of Forest Biomaterials Engineering, College of Forest and Environmental Sciences, Kangwon National University, Chuncheon City, 200-701, Republic of Korea

    Jin Heon Kwon

  2. Department of Wood Mechanics and Technology, Forestry Faculty, Istanbul University, 34473, Istanbul, Turkey

    Nadir Ayrilmis

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Kwon, J.H., Ayrilmis, N. Combined effect of acetylation and wax emulsion on physical and mechanical properties of particleboard. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 73, 845–847 (2015). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-015-0957-2

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