Characterization of rattan waste for binderless particleboard (BPB) production
The manufacturing of furniture using rattan is becoming common nowadays, and creates high amount of waste that can be value-added into binderless particleboards (BPB). In order to determine the suitability of the rattan waste for production of BPB, characterization of rattan waste is executed and...
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| Format: | Article |
| Language: | English |
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Trans Tech Publications Ltd., Switzerland
2015
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| Online Access: | http://irep.iium.edu.my/48380/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48380/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48380/ http://irep.iium.edu.my/48380/1/2015_-RW_Characterisation.pdf |
| Summary: | The manufacturing of furniture using rattan is becoming common nowadays, and creates
high amount of waste that can be value-added into binderless particleboards (BPB). In order to
determine the suitability of the rattan waste for production of BPB, characterization of rattan waste is
executed and reported in this paper. The physical properties such as density and moisture content of
the rattan waste, together with its morphological study and thermal analysis as well as lignin content
are evaluated. It is observed that density and moisture content for rattan waste are in the range of
0.64g/cm3, and 11.3% respectively. On the other hand, the morphology of rattan stem showed that
rattan waste has various diameters of vascular bundles along with wide metaxylem vessels as well as
thin-walled fibres. Thermal analysis of rattan waste explicated that rattan waste went through
endothermic process with peak melting point of 177.80˚C during heating. The greatest weight loss
occurred at 257.03˚C. Rattan waste has high lignin content of 21.2% that obtained through Klason
lignin test. These promising preliminary results show that the rattan waste is appropriate to be used as
raw materials in producing BPB. |
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