Strength, decay and termite resistance of oriented kenaf fiberboards

Journal of Wood Science

Volumn 53, Issue 6, 2007, Pages 481-486

  Walther, Thomas ^a   Kartal, S Nami ^b   Hwang, Won Joung ^c   Umemura, Kenji ^c   Kawai, Shuichi ^c  

^a Voith Paper GmbH and Co KG   (Germany)

^b ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^c KYOTO UNIVERSITY   (Japan)

Author keywords

Decay resistance; Kenaf fiber; Oriented fiberboard; Phenol resin; Termite resistance

Indexed keywords

ADHESION; BUILDING MATERIALS; FORMALDEHYDE; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; PHENOLS;

DECAY RESISTANCE; FUNGAL DECAY; KENAF FIBERBOARDS; ORIENTED FIBERBOARDS; PHENOL RESINS; TERMITE ATTACK;

TERMITE RESISTANCE;

HIBISCUS; HIBISCUS CANNABINUS; ISOPTERA;

EID: 37249009225     PISSN: 14350211     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s10086-007-0902-z     Document Type: Article

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