Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

• Majid Chahar mahal ¹
• Saeid Kazemi najafi ¹
• Mehdi Tajvidi ²
• Reza Hajihassani ³

¹ NATURAL RESOURCES AND MARINE SCIENCES FACULTY, TARBIAT MODARRES UNIVERSITY

² wood and paper science and technology department, of natural Resources faculty, university of Tehran. IRAN

³ Wood and forest products division, Research Institute of Forests and Rangelands, Agricultural Research Education and Extension Organization (AREEO), Tehran, Iran

Abstract

Wood -Plastic panels were made from high density polyethylene (as resin) and MDF waste and particleboard waste (as natural fiber) at 60, 70 and 80% by weight fiber loading. Density and dimensions of the panels were 1g/cm³and 35*35*1 cm, respectively. Physical properties of the panels including equilibrium moisture content, long term water uptake and thickness swelling behavior were studied.
Results indicated that equilibrium moisture content, maximum water uptake and thickness swelling of wood plastic samples increased with the increase in fiber content from 60% to 80%. Moreover, samples with higher fiber content faster reach to saturation point.




 

Keywords

• WOOD-PLASTIC PANELS
• HIGH DENSITY POLYETHYLENE
• MDF
• Particleboard
• Wastes

Main Subjects

• Composite wood products