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Transforming tree topping waste into flooring: a study on the production and evaluation of oriented strand board finish using urban and garden residues

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Oriented strand board (OSB) has become a popular building material for residential construction, but little research has been conducted on its use as a finish floor material. The study investigated the quality and performance of OSB as an alternative to traditional engineered wood products for finish floors. Four types of OSB finish floors using a mixture of garden and urban tree toppings were produced and evaluated, along with different types and levels of resin and mat moisture content. The finish floor panels were subjected to a battery of tests, including concentrated loading, indentation, falling ball impact resistance, abrasion resistance, and surface wettability. The findings showed that urea formaldehyde resin with garden tree toppings performed best in floor surface indentation, abrasion resistance, and falling ball indentation. The phenol formaldehyde resin with garden tree toppings, on the other hand, showed less moisture absorption and swelling during surface wetting tests and better resistance to force application in the concentrated loading test. Our qualitative comparison revealed that OSB finish floor production using 100% garden tree topping strands and 12% urea formaldehyde resin, along with 14% mat moisture content, produced the best results. The study provides valuable insights into the potential use of OSB as a sustainable and cost-effective finish floor material, using waste materials from urban and garden tree toppings.

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Abbreviations

BSC:

Bamboo scrimber composite

D :

Density

H :

Equilibrium humidity

T 0 :

Initial thickness of the pot

IB:

Internal bonding

IBD:

Internal bonding dry

IBW:

Internal bonding wet

Y :

Length change within the fit limit

P :

Maximum rupture load

P u :

Maximum screw withdrawal force

MOEMajor :

Modulus of elasticity in the major axes

MOEMinor :

Modulus of elasticity in the minor axes

MORMajor :

Modulus of rupture in the major axes

MORMinor :

Modulus of rupture in the minor axes

MC:

Moisture content

L :

Opening length

OSB:

Oriented strand board

PF:

Phenol formaldehyde

PF/T:

Phenol formaldehyde/optimal treatment

PF/B:

Phenol formaldehyde/optimized point

RSM:

Response surface methodology

A :

Sample surface

V h :

Sample volume

M h :

Sample weight

B :

Sample width

SWR:

Screw withdrawal resistant

SLD:

Simplex-lattice mixture design

T S :

Thickness swelling

UF:

Urea formaldehyde

UF/T:

Urea formaldehyde/optimal treatment

UF/B:

Urea formaldehyde/optimized point

W A :

Water absorption

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  1. Department of Biosystems Engineering, Faculty of Agriculture, Ferdowsi University of Mashhad, Mashhad, Iran

    Mohammad Manafi-Dastjerdi, Abbas Rohani & Mohammadali Ebrahimi-Nik

  2. Department of Wood and Paper Science and Technology, College of Agriculture and Natural Resources, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran, Karaj, Iran

    Hamid Zarea Hosseinabadi

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Mohammad Manafi Dastjerdi: data curation, methodology, investigation, writing—review and editing. Abbas Rohani: validation, formal analysis, writing—review and editing. Hamid Zarea Hosseinabadi: investigation, visualization, writing—review and editing. Mohammadali Ebrahimi Nik: conceptualization, supervision

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Manafi-Dastjerdi, M., Rohani, A., Zarea Hosseinabadi, H. et al. Transforming tree topping waste into flooring: a study on the production and evaluation of oriented strand board finish using urban and garden residues. Environ Sci Pollut Res 30, 103743–103759 (2023). https://doi.org/10.1007/s11356-023-29759-0

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