Chemical reactivity of heat-treated wood

Chemical reactivity of heat-treated wood was compared with that of untreated wood. For this purpose, heat-treated pine or beech sawdust was reacted with different carboxylic acid anhydrides in pyridine or with phenyl isocyanate in dimethyl formamide. Compared to controls, weight gains obtained with heat-treated sawdust are smaller showing a lower chemical reactivity. FTIR analyses of lignin and holocellulose fractions, isolated after acidic hydrolysis of polysaccharides or delignification with sodium chlorite, indicate that both components are involved in the reactions. Compared to lignin, holocellulose exhibits important infrared absorptions of about 1,730 cm⁻¹, characteristic of ester or urethane linkages formed. Lower reactivity of heat-treated sawdust is explained by the decrease in free reactive hydroxyl groups in holocellulose due to the thermal degradation of hemicelluloses, considered more reactive than cellulose.     

木材导温系数的理论表达式(英文)

本文从木材的化学组成和微观结构出发,从理论上推导出木材导温系数的理论表达式,应用该表达式计算20种左右木材弦向和径向导温系数,并与实验值对照,得出木材弦向导温系数与理论值的平均误差在7.2%,木材径向导温系数与理论值得误差为6.2%。     

木材工业固体废弃物污染及其控制方法

本论文介绍了木材工业固体废物的产生及危害,同时,根据不同的固体废弃物特点,介绍了不同的治理办法,提出减少木材工业固体废物污染的建议。     

A review of wood thermal pretreatments to improve wood composite properties

The objective of this paper is to review the published literature on improving properties of wood composites through thermal pretreatment of wood. Thermal pretreatment has been conducted in moist environments using hot water or steam at temperatures up to 180 and 230 °C, respectively, or in dry environments using inert gases at temperatures up to 240 °C. In these conditions, hemicelluloses are removed, crystallinity index of cellulose is increased, and cellulose degree of polymerization is reduced, while lignin is not considerably affected. Thermally modified wood has been used to manufacture wood–plastic composites, particleboard, oriented strand board, binderless panels, fiberboard, waferboard, and flakeboard. Thermal pretreatment considerably reduced water absorption and thickness swelling of wood composites, which has been attributed mainly to the removal of hemicelluloses. Mechanical properties have been increased or sometimes reduced, depending on the product and the conditions of the pretreatment. Thermal pretreatment has also shown to improve the resistance of composites to decay.     

木材导热系数的理论表达式(英文)

本文从木材的微观结构出发，应用物理力学导出木材弦向和径向导热系数的理论表达式 ，计算20种左右木材导热系数并与相同条件下的实验值比较，平均误差在5%附近，两者吻合 程度令人满意。     

废弃木质材料中金属夹杂物检测系统的设计

介绍了废弃木质材料中金属夹杂物检测系统的工作原理及系统硬件和软件的设计。该检测系统运用电磁感应原理,采用接收平衡式线圈检测技术探测金属,具有结构简单、抗干扰能力强、探测灵敏度高等优点。     

废弃纺织物/木刨花复合板制备工艺

采用常规热压法对废弃纺织物和木刨花制备复合人造板相关工艺进行了试验,并讨论了各因素对板性能的影响。结果表明:利用废弃纺织物和木刨花制备人造板在工艺上是可行的。制造复合板的较优参数:纺织纤维形态为碎布条或絮状纤维、刨花/碎布条配比为7∶3、施胶量为12%、密度0.7 g/cm3,最优配比制备的板材其物理力学性能都已达到GB/T4897.2-2003要求。     

Viscoelastic properties of wood in swelling systems

Summary The torsion modulus and the mechanical damping were investigated on wood swollen with formamide and a series of glycols, at frequencies of 0.5 and 0.02 Hz as a function of temperature. In wood swollen with formamide to the same extent as it would swell when saturated with water, the temperature of maximum damping was about 48° and above 100°C for wood swollen with polyethylene glycols, while that of water saturated wood was 80°C. For more highly formamide swollen wood (1.2 times the swelling in water) the temperature at which maximum damping develops decreased to 30°C. With regard to the influence of swelling and temperature on the torsion modulus of wood, three regions of viscoelastic behavior were recognized in these swelling systems. They are the glassy region in non-swollen wood, where the torsion modulus decreases gradually with increasing temperature, the transition region where the torsion modulus decreases abruptly with increasing temperature and swelling, and a plateau region appearing at high temperatures for highly swollen wood where the torsion modulus remains fairly constant with temperature with a value of about one tenth the modulus for non-swollen wood.     

High-temperature mechanical properties and thermal recovery of balsa wood

This article presents an experimental study into thermal softening and thermal recovery of the compression strength properties of structural balsa wood (Ochroma pyramidale). Balsa is a core material used in sandwich composite structures for applications where fire is an ever-present risk, such as ships and buildings. This article investigates the thermal softening response of balsa with increasing temperature, and the thermal recovery behavior when softened balsa is cooled following heating. Exposure to elevated temperatures was limited to a short time (15 min), representative of a fire or postfire scenario. The compression strength of balsa decreased progressively with increasing temperature from 20° to 250°C. The degradation rates in the strength properties over this temperature range were similar in the axial and radial directions of the balsa grains. Thermogravimetric analysis revealed only small mass losses (<2%) in this temperature range. Environmental scanning electron microscopy showed minor physical changes to the wood grain structure from 190° to 250°C, with holes beginning to form in the cell wall at 250°C. The reduction in compression properties is attributed mostly to thermal viscous softening of the hemicellulose and lignin in the cell walls. Post-heating tests revealed that thermal softening up to 250°C is fully reversible when balsa is cooled to room temperature. When balsa is heated to 250°C or higher, the post-heating strength properties are reduced significantly by decomposition processes of all wood constituents, which irreversibly degrade the wood microstructure. This study revealed that the balsa core in sandwich composite structures must remain below 200°–250°C when exposed to fire to avoid permanent heat damage.     

Density profile and morphology of viscoelastic thermal compressed wood

The viscoelastic thermal compression (VTC) of low-density hybrid poplar (Populus deltoides × Populus trichocarpa) from fast growing trees was performed in order to produce specimens with three different degrees of densification (63, 98, and 132%). The morphology and density profile of the VTC specimens were studied. Three different methods for the preparation of specimens for microscopy were used in order to find a technique that makes it possible to examine the VTC wood microscopically in the completely deformed state. It was found that the abrasive surface preparation of oil-embedded blocks was the most promising technique. Microscopic observation revealed that the deformations in the VTC wood were mostly the result of the viscous buckling of cell walls without fracture. The volume of the void areas in the specimens decreased with the degree of densification. The results showed that the density profile of the VTC wood varied with the degree of densification as a consequence of different temperature and moisture gradients formed before and during wood compression. The density profile is also visible on the cross-section of the VTC specimens.     

Manufacture of composite board using wood prunings and waste porcelain stone

The objective of this study was to develop a method for the effective use of both pruned wood and porcelain stone scrap. Thus, we manufactured a wood-porcelain stone composite board, which has excellent waterproof property and incombustibility properties. In addition, we examined the conditions needed to manufacture the wood-porcelain stone composite board as a construction material and evaluated the physical and mechanical properties of this board based on the Japanese Industrial Standard. The main results obtained were as follows: the wood-porcelain stone composite board made from pruned wood and porcelain stone scrap had excellent thickness swelling performance and the board had incombustibility properties that were better than commercial oriented strand board. In both single-layer and three-layer composite boards with weight ratios of porcelain stone particles of 40%, the internal bond strength exceeded the standard value of type 18 particleboard of JIS A 5908. However, the bending properties of the composite board were inferior to the type 18 particleboard standard. Therefore, it will be necessary to improve the bending properties of the board by changing the particle sizes of both the porcelain stone scrap and the pruned wood component. Part of this article was presented at the 57th Annual Meeting of the Japan Wood Research Society at Hiroshima, August 2007     

Integrating wood production into Australia farming systems

About 21% of agricultural land in Australia is seriously degraded by salination and wind erosion. Trees can contribute to overcoming these problems. There is potential for trees to also produce wood, thereby diversifying farmers' incomes, reducing Australia's bill for importing wood and increasing exports of wood products. Even though many of these multiple purpose plantings would be widely scattered and growth rates low in some regions, Australian farmers should have a comparative advantage in wood production because trees also provide substantial landcare and agricultural productivity benefits. The establishment of new industries based on wood from farmland requires leadership from Government, planning at national, regional and local levels, and innovative techniques to finance planting. Removal os taxation disincentives for wood producers and the introduction of legislation to allow profit à prendre contracts would provide more favourable conditions for investment.     

Brief report on theoretical research upon wood thermal property

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高温热处理对木材吸湿性和尺寸稳定性的影响

在4个不同温度和时间水平下,对人工林杉木木材进行高温热处理,研究了处理温度和时间对木材吸湿性和尺寸稳定性的影响规律。结果表明:高温热处理可以显著降低木材平衡含水率、吸水率和体积膨胀率,提高尺寸稳定性;随着处理温度的增加和处理时间的延长,杉木平衡含水率、吸水率和体积膨胀率降低;与处理时间相比,处理温度对平衡含水率、吸水率和体积膨胀率的影响程度更大。在本研究范围,与对照材相比,通过高温热处理可以使杉木平衡含水率降低17.73%~66.74%,吸水率降低33.99%~64.00%,体积膨胀率减少36.7%~69.30%。     

Chemical investigations on the thermal behaviour of wood during friction welding

Friction welding is a new technology in the course of which wood pieces are subjected to circular or linear movements in a welding machine. The wood in the contact zone is heated and melted. Aiming at a better understanding of the thermal alteration of wood and the formation of a viscous layer acting as adhesive, the thermally changed material was taken to be analysed by chemical and spectroscopic methods. As a manifestation of thermally splitting of wood, the total amount of extractable compounds within the joint material (JM) is higher than that of unaltered spruce. Cellulose was found less altered than the other essential wood components. Polyoses, on the other hand, are less stable under the conditions of friction welding; they are detectable only in small amounts in the altered zone. Lignin also suffers distinct changes as demonstrated by the increase of free phenolic groups and the decrease of the typical bonds between the phenolpropane units. Furan derivatives were detected within the volatiles of the smoke gas, arising mainly from the polyoses. It is obvious that reactions between furfural and other furan derivatives with lignin belong to the main reactions in the friction zone leading to cross-linking of the JM.     

Effect of severe thermal treatment on spruce and beech wood lignins

? The structure, proportion and mode of assembly of lignin, celluloses and hemicelluloses have marked effects on the reaction mechanisms during thermal treatment and therefore have a strong influence on the quality of the final product. The effect of treatment conditions, including severe conditions (up to 553 K) and treatment duration (up to 8 h) on the structure of native spruce and beech lignins was studied.

? Lignin content was determined by the Klason method and lignin structure was evaluated by thioacidolysis.

? The results highlighted the strong reactivity of the native spruce and beech lignins towards severe heat treatments. The distinct susceptibility of syringyl (S) and guaiacyl (G) units towards thermal treatment is confirmed by comparing the data for beech and spruce samples. The most severe treatment of spruce wood (280 °C) induced a dramatic enrichment in lignin content together with the almost complete disappearance of G lignin units, whereas a more moderate treatment substantially changed lignin structure by degradation reactions that affect the p-hydroxyphenyl (H) and G lignin units similarly.

? Thioacidolysis revealed that the thermal treatment induces the appearance of vinyl ether structures in spruce lignins. The decreased yield of the G and S thioacidolysis monomers reflects the progressive disappearance of G and S lignin units only involved in β-O-4 bonds and the formation of condensed linkages in proportions related to treatment severity. In severe conditions, β-O-4 linked S units are more degraded than their G homologues.