Urea-formaldehyde (UF) resin is a common binder in many fibre- and particleboards today. However, formaldehyde is a fairly reactive compound with many negative affects on health and environment. This paper …
Exterior-use timber in multi-storey buildings requires durable fire-retardancy and biological resistance due to its exposure to environmental conditions involving direct water contact. Limited research has been demonstrated regarding whether a …
Fire retardant treated (FRT) timber can be produced by impregnation under high pressure with aqueous guanyl-urea phosphate (GUP) and BA (Gao et al., 2006). However, neither GUP nor BA is …
Maleic anhydride (MA) is a cyclic anhydride which can form an ester bond with wood constituents. Previous studies showed that maleated wood improved dimensional stability and fungal resistance (Matsuda et …
Modification with cyclic anhydrides forms an ester bond with wood component, whilst providing bound carboxylic moieties capable of undergoing further reaction (Hill and Mallon 1998). In studies of cotton cellulose, …
Fungal damage of wood causes the degradation of cell-wall components, resulting in changes in the chemical structure and mechanical properties (Schmidt 2006; Witomski et al. 2016). However, the aesthetic performance …
It has been suggested that the leachability of the water-borne fire-retardants (FRs) guanylurea phosphate (GUP)/boric acid (BA) in treated wood could be reduced with the help of melamine formaldehyde (MF) …
The study revealed that introduction of the UV absorber to the fire-retardant resin modified wood enhanced the colour stabilisation because the brownish colour contribution from the lignin was partially stabilized …
