title: Physical, mechanical and hydration kinetics of particleboards manufactured with woody biomass (Cupressus lusitanica, Gmelina arborea, Tectona grandis), agricultural resources, and Tetra Pak packages.
abstract: Lignocellulosic wastes resulting from agricultural activities as well as Tetra Pak residues from urban centres can cause significant levels of pollution. A possible action to minimize this problem is to use them in the production of particleboards. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the physical, mechanical, and hydration properties of particleboards manufactured with the mixture of woody biomass (Cupressus lusitanica, Gmelina arborea, and Tectona grandis) and either agricultural wastes [pineapple leaves (Ananas comosus) and palm residues (Elaeis guineensis)] or Tetra Pak residues (TP). The results show that the particleboards prepared with TP and woody biomass can reduce the swelling and water absorption in up to 40% and 50% compared with particleboards without TP. Also, these particleboards had increased flexure resistance and shear stress (up to 100%) compared with those without TP. On the contrary, particleboards prepared with pineapple leaves in combination with woody biomass showed the lowest mechanical properties, particularly for tensile strength, hardness, glue-line shear, and nail and screw evaluation.
authors: 1Escuela de Ingeniería Forestal, Instituto Tecnológico de Costa Rica, Cartago, Costa Rica.
authors: Róger
authors: R
authors: Moya
authors: Diego
authors: D
authors: Camacho
authors: Gloria S
authors: GS
authors: Oporto
authors: Roy F
authors: RF
authors: Soto
authors: Julio S
authors: JS
authors: Mata
mesh_terms: D000383:Agriculture; D018533:Biomass; D003252:Construction Materials; D007700:Kinetics; D018583:Pliability; D059027:Recycling / Q000379:methods*; D033081:Shear Strength; D014867:Water / Q000737:chemistry; D014934:Wood / Q000737:chemistry*
chemical_list: D014867:Water
keywords: Lignocellulosic wastes; Tetra Pak; particleboards; properties; residues; tropical species