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Tartaric acid catalyzed furfurylation of beech wood

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European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) is a major tree species of European forest which is underexploited because of its low dimensional stability and durability. Similarly to what has been developed with radiata pine, furfurylation might be the answer to optimize the utilization of local beech wood. Beech wood furfurylation process was studied using five different catalysts: maleic anhydride, maleic acid, citric acid, itaconic acid, and tartaric acid. Optimization of the furfurylation process was investigated for different catalyst and furfuryl alcohol (FA) contents, and different duration of polymerization. The following properties were studied: weight percent gain (WPG), leachability, anti-swelling efficiency (ASE), wettability, modulus of elasticity, modulus of rupture, Brinell hardness, and decay durability. Tartaric acid, never investigated up to now, was retained as catalyst to perform furfurylation due to its efficacy compared to other catalysts and its novelty. Wood modification with FA and tartaric acid as catalyst led to samples with high WPG even after leaching, improved ASE, and lower wettability with water. Increasing the polymerization duration increased the fixation of FA in treated wood. Most of all, treatment gave a significant improvement in mechanical properties and resistance to wood decaying fungi.

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The authors gratefully acknowledge the Directorate General of Higher Education, Ministry of National Education of the Republic Indonesia (DIKTI) for the master degree scholarship of Prabu Satria Sejati. The authors also want to thank Région Lorraine for the financial support of FURALOR Project DTR-NT No 2013-10667 as well as industrial partners of the project Separex (Champigneulles, France) and MSL (Hymont, France). LERMAB is supported by a grant overseen by the French National Research Agency (ANR) as part of the “Investissements d’Avenir” Program (ANR-11-LABX-0002-01, Lab of Excellence ARBRE).

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  1. Laboratoire d’Etudes et de Recherche sur le Matériau Bois, EA 4370-USC INRA, Université de Lorraine, Faculté des Sciences et Technologies, BP 70239, 54506, Vandoeuvre-lès-Nancy Cedex, France

    Prabu Satria Sejati, Aurélia Imbert, Christine Gérardin-Charbonnier, Stéphane Dumarçay, Emmanuel Fredon & Phillipe Gérardin

  2. Crittbois, 27, rue Philippe Séguin, BP 91067, 88051, Epinal Cedex 9, France

    Eric Masson

  3. Department of Forest Products, Bogor Agricultural University, Kampus IPB Darmaga, Bogor, Indonesia

    Prabu Satria Sejati, Dodi Nandika & Trisna Priadi

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Sejati, P.S., Imbert, A., Gérardin-Charbonnier, C. et al. Tartaric acid catalyzed furfurylation of beech wood. Wood Sci Technol 51, 379–394 (2017). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-016-0871-8

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