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  1. Air quality and composite wood products

    Research at the USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) is being conducted to identify the compounds emitted from wood products during their manufacture and subsequent use. The FPL researchers are measuring the types and quantities of VOCs that are emitted from particleboard and MDF products to provide quantitative emissions information. This information...

    Author(s):
    Melissa G. D. Baumann
    Year:
    1999
    Keywords:
    Clean Air Act amendments, Forest Products Laboratory, hazardous air pollutant, maximum achievable control technology, medium density fiberboard, oriented strandboard, phenol-formaldehyde, polymeric methylene diisocyanate, volatile organic compounds, emission, testing, manufactures, adhesives, particleboard, fiberboard, volatile compounds, air quality, composite materials, VOCs, adhesives, organic compounds, emission, testing
    Source:
    Women in natural resources. Vol. 20, no. 4 (Summer 1999): p. 4-6.

  2. Optimization of composite wood structural components : processing and design choices

    Decreasing size and quality of the world's forest resources are responsible for interest in producing composite wood structural components. Process and design optimization methods are offered in this paper. Processing concepts for wood composite structural products are reviewed to illustrate manufacturing boundaries and areas of high potential. Structural...

    Author(s):
    Theodore L. Laufenberg
    Year:
    1985
    Keywords:
    Composite wood assemblies, wood, joists
    Source:
    Proceedings of the 19th Washington State University International Particleboard/Composite Materials Symposium, 1985 March 26-28, Pullman, WA. Pullman, WA : Washington State University, 1985: Pages 77-94.

  3. Effect of acetylated wood flour or coupling agent on moisture, UV, and biological resistance of extruded woodfiber-plastic composites

    Although moisture sorption in woodfiber-thermoplastic composites (WPCs) is slower than in unmodified solid wood, it still affects strength and ultimately results in decay of the material in moist outdoor exposure conditions. Chemical modification of the hydroxyl groups of wood with acetic anhydride esterifies the hydroxyl making the wood more hydrophobic and...

    Author(s):
    Rebecca E. Ibach; Craig M. Clemons
    Year:
    2006
    Keywords:
    Composite materials, mechanical properties, extrusion process, plastics, extrusion, ultraviolet radiation, biodegradation, moisture, acetylation, wood flour, thermoplastic composites, wood-plastic composites, deterioration, polyethylene, hydroxyl group, weathering, acetic anhydride, moisture content, resistance to decay, coupling agents, acetylated wood, wood-plastic materials, chemical modification of wood
    Source:
    Wood protection 2006 : March 21-23, 2006 ... New Orleans, Louisiana, USA. Madison, WI : Forest Products Society, 2006: Pages 139-147
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