Fabrication of particleboard using different biomass with modified cassava starch-based binder [manuscript]
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2019
Authors
John Roy U. Blancas
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This study is conducted to exhaust the potential of rice husk (RH) and coconut husk (CH) as a raw material for particleboard production and to determine the effects of modified cassava starch-based binder (MCSB) on the particleboards manufactured from different biomass and to determine if the manufactured boards are comparable to the Japanese Industrial Standards. The particleboards from RH, CH, and rice-coconut husk mixture (RCM) were manufactured with different adhensive content; 40%, 45%, and 50%. The manufactured boards can be categorized as Low Density Fiberboards (LDF). The manufactured board can be categorized as Low Density Fiberboards (LDF). The results of the test on water absorption and thickness swelling shows that CH particleboards are highly sensitive to water. The density of the boards is directly proportionate to the amount of adhensive used and the biomass use that results the highest density are CH and RCM. The moisture content test on the boards show that the rice husk particleboard with 40% adhensive content has the lowest moisture content at 6.28%. The highest moisture content is by the rice husk particleboard at 50% adhensive with 11.82%. The results of the physical properties of the RH, CH and RCM boards implied to have an inverse relationship to the adhensive content. The boards with CH and RCM with 45% and 50% adhensive content are the optimum mixture for particleboards based on the results of physical tests in the study.