CHEMICAL AND PHYSICAL CHANGES OF STEAM TREATED WOOD CHIP

High dimensional stable particlcboards could be produced by usisng saturatedsteam treated wood chip at elevated pressures.Sample Particleboards were made from woodchip of Birch(Platyphylla).The component changes of steam treated wood chip were analysedby infrared.Infrared spectra demonstrated that the hemicelluloses in steam treated chip wereless than those in untreated chip.This is one of the main reasons why steam treatment could im-prove particlcboard stability.The free radical concentration of steam treated chip surfaces wasanalysed by ESR spectroscopy.The results showed that free radical concentration of treatedchip surface was higher than that of untreated chip surface.The glueyness of chip increased andparticlcboard resin content decreased.

Chemical and physical changes of steam treated wood chip

High dimensional stable particlcboards could be produced by usisng saturated steam treated wood chip at elevated pressures. Sample Particleboards were made from wood chip of Birch (Platyphylla). The component changes of steam treated wood chip were analysed by infrared. Infrared spectra demonstrated that the hemicelluloses in steam treated chip were less than those in untreated chip. This is one of the main reasons why steam treatment could improve particlcboard stability. The free radical concentration of steam treated chip surfaces was analysed by ESR spcctroscopy. The results showed that free radical concentration of treated chip surface was higher than that of untreated chip surface. The glueyncss of chip increased and particlcboard resin content decreased.