Suitability of some fast-growing trees and date palm fronds for particleboard production

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 60, Issue 7-8, 2010, Pages 599-604

  Hegazy, Said S ^a   Aref, Ibrahim M ^a  

^a KING SAUD UNIVERSITY   (Saudi Arabia)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

PARTICLE BOARD; STABILITY; UREA; UREA FORMALDEHYDE RESINS;

ADDITIONAL TREATMENT; AMERICAN NATIONAL STANDARDS INSTITUTE; LINEAR EXPANSIONS; MINIMUM REQUIREMENTS; MODULUS OF RUPTURE; PARTICLEBOARD PRODUCTION; STANDARD REQUIREMENTS; THICKNESS SWELLING;

FORESTRY;

ACACIA; BURSTING; CONOCARPUS; ELASTICITY; MELIA; PARTICLE BOARDS; POLYUREAS; PRODUCTION; STANDARDS; TREES;

ACACIA; ACACIA SALIGNA; CONOCARPUS ERECTUS; MELIA AZEDARACH; PHOENIX DACTYLIFERA;

EID: 79960123575     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.13073/0015-7473-60.7.599     Document Type: Review

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