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Feasibility of incorporating thermally treated lignocellulosic waste in particleboard composites

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To replace Pinus taeda wood particles in particleboard manufacturing, thermally treated rice husk was studied, a little-valued raw material, renewable and abundant. This study aimed to evaluate the effect of the addition of thermally treated rice husk on the physical and mechanical properties and resistance to dry-wood termites (Cryptotermes brevis) of particleboard. For the thermal treatment, three mixing proportions of thermally treated rice husk (10%, 20% and 30%), plus the control consisting of 100% natural pine particles, were used. The thermal treatment was carried out at a temperature of 150 °C during two hours. The particleboard was manufactured by compression molding and using phenol-formaldehyde adhesive. The results show that the increase in thermally treated rice husk has no effect on the physical properties of swelling in thickness of the boards; the water absorption parameters after 2 h increased significantly by 7.9% with the addition of 30% thermally treated rice husk. The boards met the minimum requirements for static bending of the Brazilian standard, but not for front screw removal. Addition of 30% thermally treated rice husk improved the biological durability of the boards to dry-wood termites.

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  1. Department of Forest and Wood Science, State of Espírito Santo, Federal University of Espírito Santo, Av. Governador Lindemberg, 316, Center, 29.500-000, Jerônimo Monteiro, Brazil

    Fabricio Gomes Gonçalves, Pedro Gutemberg de Alcântara Segundinho, Juarez Benigno Paes & Djeison César Batista

  2. Graduate Student in Wood Industrial Engineering, Agricultural Sciences and Engineering Center, 29.500-000, Alegre, ES, Brazil

    Sabrina Daré Alves & Mariana Aya Suuchi

  3. Graduate Program in Forest Sciences, Agricultural Sciences and Engineering Center, 29.500-000, Alegre, ES, Brazil

    Rafael Gonçalves Espósito de Oliveira, Izabella Luzia Silva Chaves & Alice Soares Brito

  4. Vallecito” College of Agricultural Sciences, “Gabriel René Moreno” Autonomous University, Km 8 ½ Carretera a Warnes, Santa Cruz de la Sierra, Bolivia

    Roberto Carlos Quevedo

  5. Scientific investigator for the Research Support Foundation of the State of Espírito Santo, 29.550-000, Jerônimo Monteiro, ES, Brazil

    Yonny Martinez Lopez

  6. Department of Sustainable Bioproducts, College of Forest Resources, Mississippi State University, 201 Locksley Way, PO Box 9820, 39762, Mississippi State, MS, USA

    Dercílio Júnior Verly Lopes

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Gonçalves, F.G., Alves, S.D., de Alcântara Segundinho, P.G. et al. Feasibility of incorporating thermally treated lignocellulosic waste in particleboard composites. Eur. J. Wood Prod. 80, 647–656 (2022). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-022-01804-8

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