Silane-treated rubberwood flour (RWF) was mixed with recycled polypropylene (rPP) at the optimum proportions of 39.22 wt% RWF content and 60.78 wt% rPP, with the RWF being silane-treated at a 3.44% concentration based on the weight of RWF. These materials were mixed to produce wood-plastic...

As disturbances can destabilize the wood market, we conducted a survey among 44 small, medium and large sawmills in Switzerland as a first step to understand how the sawmills absorb unplanned timber volumes. The running of the daily business and the storage capacity were the most impacted after an...

In this paper, a novel epoxy flame retardant PPDEG-EP (P-E) was synthesized from eugenol by nucleophilic substitution reaction and Prilezhaev epoxidation. The chemical structure was identified by nuclear magnetic resonance (NMR). The synthetic P-E was combined with curing agent...

The biodegradation of wood and wood products caused by fungi is recognized as one of the most significant problems worldwide. To extend the service life of wood products, wood is treated with preservatives, often with inorganic compounds or synthetic pesticides that have a negative impact on the...

Wood is mainly composed of lignin, cellulose, and hemicellulose. These components make the wood vulnerable to pests, bacteria and fungi. Many treatment methods have been developed to extend the service life of wood products, and nanomaterials have been gradually applied to the wood preservative...

Shape stability is one of the most important properties of surface-compressed wood used as a substitute for other energy-intensive adhesives, concrete, and metals. This study evaluated the dimensional stability, surface wettability, chemical structure, cellulose crystalline structure, and...

Natural dyes (ND) are gaining increasing interest due to their outstanding merits of being eco-friendly, biodegradable and non-toxic. Wood dyed with extracts from Dalbergia cochinchinensis residues as ND exhibited desirable color appearance and anti-UV property, while the other potential properties ...

Preservation of wood is essential for the increase the life service of wood during the utilization. At the present time different type of chemical wood preservatives are used viz. copper sulfate, zinc chloride, mercuric chloride and oil born preservative (creosote) are used for the protect the wood ...

Objective: In order to clarify the resin curing characteristics of the resin impregnated wood in different spatial layers during different drying stages, the effects of moisture content on resin solution curing process were studied. Method: The melamine-urea-formaldehyde (MUF) resin solution...