ISSN:
1432-5225
Source:
Springer Online Journal Archives 1860-2000
Topics:
Agriculture, Forestry, Horticulture, Fishery, Domestic Science, Nutrition
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Mechanical Engineering, Materials Science, Production Engineering, Mining and Metallurgy, Traffic Engineering, Precision Mechanics
Notes:
Summary Using sulfur dioxide (SO2) as catalyst, wood specimens were treated with nonformaldehyde cross-linking reagents such as glyoxal, glutaraldehyde and dimethylol dihydroxy ethyleneurea (DMDHEU). The results of dimensional stability, acoustic properties, and mechanical strength tests were compared with those obtained from formaldehyde treatment. With glyoxal and glutaraldehyde treatments, antiswelling efficiency (ASE) reached around 70%, which is comparable to the values attained by formaldehyde treatment, although the accompanying weight gain was much larger than for the latter, whereas DMDHEU did not give sufficiently high ASE. None of the treatments, significantly increased specific dynamic Young's modulus (E/ρ) with the exception of the DMDHEU treatment, loss tangent (tan δ) decreased substantially, about 50 and 60% in longitudinal and radial directions respectively, which were somewhat exceeding the formaldehyde treatment. The results suggested that the improvement of the dimensional stability and acoustic properties is partly attributed to the formation of cross-links.
Type of Medium:
Electronic Resource
URL:
http://dx.doi.org/10.1007/BF00192689
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