EJPAU 2005. Mirski R. , Dziurka D. , Łęcka J. PROPERTIES OF ALCOHOL-MODIFIED PF RESIN USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF WOOD-BASED MATERIALS

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2005
Volume 8
Issue 2/volume8

Topic:

Wood Technology

ELECTRONIC
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES

Mirski R. , Dziurka D. , Łęcka J. 2005. PROPERTIES OF ALCOHOL-MODIFIED PF RESIN USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF WOOD-BASED MATERIALS, EJPAU 8(2/volume8), #22.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume8/issue2/volume8/abs-22.html

PROPERTIES OF ALCOHOL-MODIFIED PF RESIN USED IN THE PRODUCTION OF WOOD-BASED MATERIALS

Radosław Mirski, Dorota Dziurka, Janina Łęcka
Department of Wood-Based Materials, Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland

ABSTRACT

The properties of liquid and cured PF resin modified with alcohols were investigated in the study. The following alcohols were used in the study: ethanol, butanol, 1,2-ethanediol, 1,3-propanediol, 1,4-butanediol, 1,2,3-propanetriol. It was found that the modification of phenolic resin with the applied alcohols does not deteriorate its pot life at the temperature of 20°C, and in case of polyalcohols it caused an increase in its reactivity at higher temperatures, expressed by the shortening of gelation time at 130°C and the lowering of activation energy of resin gelation. The results of FTIR tests of polycondensed modified PF resins indicate that polyalcohols not only catalyze the polycondensation reaction of the PF resin, but also are built into its structure.

Key words: PF resin, polyalcohols.

Radosław Mirski
Department of Wood-Based Materials,
Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland
Wojska Polskiego 38/42, 60-627 Poznań, Poland

Dorota Dziurka
Department of Wood-Based Materials,
Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland
Wojska Polskiego 38/42, 60-637 Poznan, Poland
email: ddziurka@up.poznan.pl

Janina Łęcka
Department of Wood-Based Materials,
Poznań University of Life Sciences, Poland
Wojska Polskiego 38/42, 60-637 Poznań, Poland
Phone: +48 61 8487419
email: janinal@up.poznan.pl

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