Abstract: | Compressed-air explosion pretreatments were used to improve the permeability of rubber wood
veneers. Dyeing effects of the rubber wood veneer samples before and after treatments were compared.
Under different pressure and explosion times, surface characteristics and micro pore of the veneer samples
were observed with electron microscopy and mercury intrusion porosimetry.
The results showed that the pressure of the compressed-air explosion treatments had significant effect on
dye-uptake and surface darkness of the rubber wood veneer samples. Under optimal pretreatment conditions
e.g. 0.4 MPa of air pressure for 4 times, the dye-uptake and surface darkness of the samples increased by
22.76% and 19.69%, respectively. The mercury intrusion porosimetry results showed that the porosity and
average pore diameter of the samples increased significantly and the specific surface area was slightly
enlarged after the pretreatment, which was useful for dyes to better penetrate into wood. |