Sodium metabisulphite as a scavenger of air pollutants for wood-based building materials

International Wood Products Journal

Volumn 4, Issue 4, 2013, Pages 242-247

  Costa, N A ^a,b,c   Pereira, J ^a,b   Ferra, J ^c   Cruz, P ^c   Martins, J ^a,d   Magalhaes F D ^a   Mendes, A ^a   Carvalho, L H ^a,d  

^a UNIVERSITY OF PORTO   (Portugal)

^b Associação Rede de Competências em Polímeros ARCP   (Portugal)

^c Indústrias Qúimicas S A ^*  (Portugal)

^d POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

Author keywords

Formaldehyde emission; Formaldehyde scavengers; Formaldehyde based resins; Mechanical properties; Wood based panels

Indexed keywords

FORMALDEHYDE CONTENTS; FORMALDEHYDE EMISSION; PHYSICOMECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYMERIC MATRICES; SCAVENGING EFFICIENCY; SODIUM BISULPHITE; SODIUM METABISULPHITE; WOOD-BASED PANELS;

FORMALDEHYDE; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PARTICLE BOARD; RESINS; SCAVENGING; SODIUM; UREA;

UREA FORMALDEHYDE RESINS;

EID: 84885983295     PISSN: 20426445     EISSN: 20426453     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1179/2042645313Y.0000000037     Document Type: Article

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