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Official Journal of the Japan Wood Research Society

Table 3 Chemical compositions of Jute stick and Jute Stick Binderless Particleboard (JBPB) pressed at different press temperatures and times

From: Optimization of processing parameters for the manufacturing of jute stick binderless particleboard

Chemical components

(%)

JS-Raw

JBPB-180

10 min

JBPB-200

10 min

JBPB-220

10 min

JBPB-220

8 min

JBPB-220

6 min

Lignin

22.0* (0.74)**

23.0* (0.58)**

21.0* (0.38)**

23.0* (0.74)**

25.3* (0.63)**

24.6* (0.31)**

Pentosan

19.7* (0.58)**

17.2* (0.16)**

15.3* (0.44)**

14.3* (0.23)**

12.9* (0.36)**

12.7* (0.26)**

Holocellulose

63.0* (0.28)**

63.0* (0.61)**

61.0* (0.46)**

60.0* (0.28)**

59.6* (0.49)**

59.5* (0.48)**

α-cellulose

34.0* (0.10)**

35.0* (0.21)**

35.0* (0.43)**

35.0* (0.62)**

35.4* (0.55)**

35.9* (0.28)**

Hemicellulose

29.0* (0.17)**

28.0* (0.21)**

26.0* (0.26)**

25.0* (0.52)**

24.2* (0.31)**

23.5* (0.50)**

  1. *Values presented are average of 3 samples; **Values presented in parenthesis are standard deviation