EJPAU 2005. Dziurka D. , Mirski R. , Łęcka J. PROPERTIES OF BOARDS MANUFACTURED FROM RAPE STRAW DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF THE BINDING AGENT

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2005
Volume 8
Issue 3

Topic:

Wood Technology

ELECTRONIC
JOURNAL OF
POLISH
AGRICULTURAL
UNIVERSITIES

Dziurka D. , Mirski R. , Łęcka J. 2005. PROPERTIES OF BOARDS MANUFACTURED FROM RAPE STRAW DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF THE BINDING AGENT, EJPAU 8(3), #05.
Available Online: http://www.ejpau.media.pl/volume8/issue3/abs-05.html

PROPERTIES OF BOARDS MANUFACTURED FROM RAPE STRAW DEPENDING ON THE TYPE OF THE BINDING AGENT

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

ABSTRACT

Properties of boards manufactured from rape straw depending on the type of the binding agent and resination rate were investigated in this study. Tests showed that lignocellulose boards with properties similar to particle boards may be produced with the application of UF, PF, MUPF and PMDI resins as agents binding straw particles, while mechanical properties of boards made from rape straw are affected to a larger extent by resination rate than the type of the binding agent. In contrast, the application of isocyanate resin at lower resination rates (6%) makes it possible to produce boards with higher water resistance and improved mechanical properties in comparison to boards manufactured with the other resins and thus it may be used in industrial practice.

Key words: rape straw, lignocellulose board, binding agents.

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

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

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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