• Title of article

    ADHESIVE PENETRATION IN LAMINATED OIL PALM TRUNK VENEER

  • Author/Authors

    Siti Zalifah, M Universiti Teknologi MARA - Faculty of Applied Sciences, Malaysia , Abdul Hamid, S Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Malaysia , Izran, K Forest Research Institute Malaysia, Malaysia , Mansur, A Universiti Teknologi MARA - Faculty of Applied Sciences, Malaysia , Nazip, S Mohd Universiti Teknologi MARA - Faculty of Applied Sciences, Malaysia

  • From page
    467
  • To page
    474
  • Abstract
    This study investigated the bond formation of formaldehyde adhesives impregnated into laminated oil palm trunk (OPT) veneer. Adhesives used for the study were phenol formaldehyde (PF) and urea formaldehyde (UF). The adhesive penetration was determined through effective penetration, average penetration and maximum penetration at different hot pressing temperatures (125 and 130 °C for PF, 115 and 125 °C for UF), OPT portions (top and bottom) and OPT veneer parts (outer and inner). In general, adhesive penetrations using PF and UF adhesives were significantly different between veneer parts, hot pressing temperatures and portions. These results showed that temperature and porosity of veneer surfaces influenced adhesive penetration.
  • Keywords
    Effective penetration , average penetration , maximum penetration , phenol formaldehyde , urea formaldehyde , OPT
  • Journal title
    Journal of Tropical Forest Science (JTFS)
  • Journal title
    Journal of Tropical Forest Science (JTFS)
  • Record number

    2574587