Selected properties of hybrid particleboard composite made from oil palm empty fruit bunch (EFB) and Merpauh (IRVINGLA MALAYANAN OLIVE) particles bonded with Melamine urea formaldehyde resin
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The Merpauh (Irvingla malayana olive) sawdust was mixed with empty fruit bunch (EFB) of oil
palm tree, aimed to improve the homogeneous EFB particleboard. The EFB and Merpauh fibres
with diameter of less than 1 mm and more than 1 mm were prepared and they were mixed with
ratios of 40:60, 60:40, 80:20 and 100:0. The particleboard with a target density of 750 Kg/m3 and
sized of 340mm x 340mm x 12mm were prepared with 12% melamine urea formaldehyde (MUF)
and 3 % hardener. The physical and mechanical properties of particleboard were tested in
according to JIS 5908: 2003. The results showed that all the physical and mechanical properties
of either mixture (EFB/wood) or homogenous EFB particleboards met a minimum requirement of
JIS 5908: 2003 standard, except for thickness swelling
Original language | English |
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Pages (from-to) | 3913-3920 |
Journal | International Journal of Development Research |
Volume | 5 |
Issue number | 3 |
Publication status | Published - 31 Mar 2015 |