Properties of Wood Particleboards Containing Giant Reed ( Arundo donax L.) Particles

Manuel Ferrandez-Villena, Antonio Ferrandez-Garcia, Teresa Garcia-Ortuño, Clara Eugenia Ferrandez-Garcia and Maria Teresa Ferrandez Garcia
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Manuel Ferrandez-Villena: Department of Engineering, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, 03300 Orihuela, Spain
Antonio Ferrandez-Garcia: Department of Engineering, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, 03300 Orihuela, Spain
Teresa Garcia-Ortuño: Department of Engineering, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, 03300 Orihuela, Spain
Clara Eugenia Ferrandez-Garcia: Department of Engineering, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, 03300 Orihuela, Spain
Maria Teresa Ferrandez Garcia: Department of Engineering, Universidad Miguel Hernandez, 03300 Orihuela, Spain

Sustainability, 2020, vol. 12, issue 24, 1-10

Abstract: Agriculture is responsible for generating large amounts of waste that are not adequately managed in terms of their environmental treatment and economic administration. This work uses giant reed, which was traditionally used as a construction material in eastern areas of Spain. Nowadays, it is no longer used, which has led to its rapid, autonomous, uncontrolled proliferation on river banks, making it a serious environmental hazard because this plant causes significant blockages of bridges and other infrastructure when uprooted by the strong currents that occur as rivers flood. The aim of this work is to develop wood and giant reed particleboards, which help to counter the high dependence on wood in industrial manufacturing by using an easily renewable resource. It will thereby be possible to achieve two general objectives: controlling the growth of a weed and obtaining a product (particleboards) from a waste material. Particleboards containing 9% urea formaldehyde composed of different proportions of sawmill wood and giant reed (0, 50, 70 and 100%) have been manufactured by applying two different pressures (2.1 and 2.6 MPa) and a temperature of 120 °C for 4 min in a hot plate press. Density, thickness swelling (TS) and water absorption (WA) after immersion in water, modulus of elasticity (MOE), modulus of rupture (MOR), internal bonding strength (IB) and screw holding strength (SH) have been tested according to european norms (EN) for wood boards. With the addition of 70% reed particles, the density, MOR and TS decrease and the MOE, IB and SH increase; therefore, adding giant reed particles to wood boards can improve their properties, bringing about considerable industrial and environmental benefits.

Keywords: plant waste; particleboards; physical; mechanical and thermal properties (search for similar items in EconPapers)
JEL-codes: O13 Q Q0 Q2 Q3 Q5 Q56 (search for similar items in EconPapers)
Date: 2020
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