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Effect of adding steam-exploded wood flour to thermoplastic polymer/wood composite

Journal of Wood Science volume 46, pages 210–214 (2000)Cite this article

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The effect of steam-exploded wood flour (SE) added to wood flour/plastic composite was examined using SE from beech, Japanese cedar, and red meranti and three kinds of thermoplastic polymer: polymethylmethacrylate, polyvinyl chloride, and polystyrene. Addition of SE increased the fracture strength and water resistance of the composite board to an extent dependent on the polymer species and the composition of wood/SE/polymer. However, water resistance decreased with the increasing proportion of SE when SE meranti was added. Effects of the wood species of SE on the properties of resulting board were small. An increased moisture content of wood flour or SE (or both) increased the variation of board performance.

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  1. Department of Agricultural Chemistry, Faculty of Agriculture, Kinki Daigaku University, Nakamachi, 631-8505, Nara, Japan

    Masahiro Takatani, Osamu Kato, Takashi Kitayama & Tadashi Okamoto

  2. Department of Utilization of Biological Products, Gifu University, Yanagito, 501-1112, Gifu, Japan

    Mitsuhiko Tanahashi

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  1. Masahiro Takatani
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Correspondence to Tadashi Okamoto.

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Takatani, M., Kato, O., Kitayama, T. et al. Effect of adding steam-exploded wood flour to thermoplastic polymer/wood composite. J Wood Sci 46, 210–214 (2000). https://doi.org/10.1007/BF00776451

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Key words

  • Wood flour
  • Thermoplastic polymer
  • Wood/polymer composite (WPC)
  • Steam explosion