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- Title
Effect of Combination Oven and Microwave Heating in the Resin Semi-Curing Process on the Physical Properties of 'Compreg' OPW.
- Authors
Khairunnisha, Ismail Puteri Nur; Bakar, Edi Suhaimi; Azwa, Ahmad Nurul; Choo, Adrian Cheng Yong
- Abstract
Oil palm wood (OPW) is still difficult to utilize efficiently due to its low strength, low durability, low dimensional stability, and poor machinability. This study was conducted to investigate semi-curing of OPW with lowmolecular weight phenol formaldehyde (Lmw-PF) by a combination of oven and microwave heating. Four main processes in a modified compreg method were used, i.e. drying, impregnation, resin semi-curing heating, and hot-pressing densification. Heating type had a significant effect on the physical properties of treated OPW. The combination of the heating methods used a much shorter time compared to heating by oven only, where over 24 to 30 h were needed to dry the treated OPW.
- Subjects
MICROWAVE heating; OIL palm; DURABILITY; DRYING; SOIL densification
- Publication
BioResources, 2014, Vol 9, Issue 3, p4899
- ISSN
1930-2126
- Publication type
Article