Polycarboxylic acids as non-formaldehyde anti-swelling agents for wood
Polycarboxylic acids as non-formaldehyde anti-swelling agents for wood
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DOI:
10.1515/hf.2006.069
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发表时间:
2006-07-01
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影响因子:
2.4
通讯作者:
Sefc, Bogoslav
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Vukusic, Sandra Bischof;Katovic, Drago;Sefc, Bogoslav
Wood specimens of fir (Abies alba Mill) and beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) were chemically modified using polycarboxylic acids (PCA), cured by convection heating or microwave treatment and analyzed by HPLC. A new nonformaldehyde cross-linking system was composed of citric acid (CA) and 1,2,3,4-butanetetracarboxylic acid (BTCA), which are representative polycarboxylic acids (PCAs). These reagents require phosphono-based catalysts, so a sodium hypophosphite (SHP) catalyst was used in this study. The effects of PCA treatment were compared with a previously introduced 1,3-dimethylol 4,5-dihydroxy ethylene urea (DMDHEU) treatment. The dimensional stability of the modified wood was determined in terms of the anti-swelling efficiency (ASE) using the water soak/oven dry method. The results revealed an improvement in ASE for wood modified with PCA compared to modification with DMDHEU. Qualitative and quantitative determinations of bound acids were performed by HPLC. Further intensification of the wood modification process and an increase in the quality of wood-based materials were achieved using microwave treatment. Among other benefits, the formation of crosslinks between the wood and the reagent components led to an improvement in the tensile strength retention, particularly in combination with the microwave treatment.