Tin-based metal bath heat treatment: an efficient and recyclable green approach for Pinus massoniana wood modification

Okon, Kufre Edet; Lin, Fengcai; Chen, Yandan; Huang, Biao

doi:10.1007/s11676-017-0573-6

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“…Wood is a kind of renewable biomaterial, which is widely used in industrial fields, such as furniture, artwork, and outdoor buildings, due to its excellent properties including high strength-to-weight ratio, poor thermal conductivity, and low cost. − The demand for wood has increased in recent years, but the supply of high-quality wood is seriously insufficient, so the use of fast-growing wood as a substitute for the natural forest because of its high growth rate has become an attractive study in wood applications. As an important wood for the artificial forest in China, fast-growing wood has the advantages of fast growth, early timber, and a short rotation period.…”

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High-Strength, Dimensionally Stable, and Flame-Retardant Fast-Growing Poplar Prepared by Ammonium Polyphosphate–Waterborne Epoxy Impregnation

Hao

Huang

et al. 2022

ACS Appl. Polym. Mater.

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The simple, high-performance, and flame-retardant modification method is significantly important for the effective utilization of wood. In this work, ammonium polyphosphate (APP) and waterborne epoxy resin (WEP) were used for the treatment of fast-growing poplar by vacuum pressure impregnation to resolve the flammability, poor dimensional stability, and low mechanical strength problems. The results showed that 5A-E-Wood had strong self-extinguishing properties and passed the UL-94 V-0 combustion test, and the limiting oxygen index (LOI) value can reach 32.1%. Furthermore, the residue char weight of 5A-E-Wood reached 41.07%, which significantly promoted char-forming. Especially, the cone results showed a low heat release rate and an excellent smoke suppression effect. In addition, the incorporation of APP/WEP into wood can reduce water uptake (WU) and equilibrium moisture content (EMC), significantly improving dimensional stability and mechanical properties. Most important of all, the weight leaching ratio (WLR) of APP was extremely reduced. Therefore, this research presented that the mechanical properties and flame retardancy of the wood improved visibly due to the successful penetration of APP and WEP into the wood cell, which laid the foundation of its use as a high-performance wood-based material.

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