Osage Orange, Honey Locust and Black Locust Seed Meal Adhesives Employed to Fabricate Composite Wood Panels

Fibers

Rogers Harry-O’kuru¹  Brent Tisserat² 

[1] Bio-Oils Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization, 1815 N. University Street, Peoria, IL 61601, USA;Functional Foods Research Unit, U.S. Department of Agriculture, Agricultural Research Service, National Center for Agricultural Utilization, 1815 N. University Street, Peoria, IL 61601, USA;

关键词: dimensional stability;    fast-growing trees;    modulus of rupture;    modulus of elasticity;    paulownia;   

DOI  :  10.3390/fib7100091

来源: DOAJ

【 摘 要 】

Seed meal of three trees common to the Midwest region of the USA (Honey locust, Gleditsia triacanthos L., family Fabaceae), Osage orange (Maclura pomifera (Raf.) Schneid., family Moraceae) and Black locust (Robinia pseudoacacia L., family Fabaceae) were tested for their adhesive abilities. Seed meals were employed at dosage levels of 10, 15, 25, 50, 75, and 100% reinforced with Paulownia elongata L. wood (PW) or Osage orange wood (OOW) chips to fabricate composite wood panels (CWPs). A comparison of the flexural properties of various tree seed meal CWPs reinforced with PW showed that their flexural properties met or exceeded European Union standards. However, their dimensional stability properties were inferior to nominal standards. Therefore, tree seed meal CWPs could probably have applications in interior environments where such CWPs accept negligible dimensional stability standards.

【 授权许可】

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