High performance wood composites from highly filled polybenzoxazine

Highly filled systems prepared by compression molding of Hevea brasiliensis woodflour filled polybenzoxazine composites with high mechanical properties and reduced water uptake has been developed. The effects of percent filler content and particle size of woodflour on the obtained composite's properties were examined. The low melt viscosity of BA‐a type polybenzoxazine allows substantial amount of woodflour to be easily incorporated into the composites. The results showed that mechanical properties from dynamic mechanical analysis and flexural test at filler content below the optimum filler packing show approximately linear relationship with filler loading. The outstanding compatibility between the woodflour and the polybenzoxazine matrix is evidently seen from the large improvement in the composite's T_g and char yield. Scanning electron micrographs of the composite also reveals substantially strong interface between the woodflour filler and the polybenzoxazine matrix. Water absorption of the composites is greatly reduced with increasing the amount of polybenzoxazine due to the inherent low water absorption of the matrix. The polybenzoxazine is; therefore, a highly attractive candidate as high performance lignocellulosic binder or adhesive and other related applications. © 2005 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 99: 1240–1253, 2006     

PVC／OMMT／WF纳米复合材料性能研究

对蒙脱土进行有机改性制得有机蒙脱土（OMMT），并制备了聚氯乙烯侑机蒙脱土／木粉（PVC／OMMT／WF）纳米复合材料。采用硅烷偶联剂对木粉表面进行改性，有效提高了聚氯乙烯／木粉（PVC／WF）复合材料的力学性能，其中加入1．5％（质量含量，下同）硅烷偶联剂可使复合材料的冲击强度和拉伸强度分别提高14．8％和18．5％。研究了OMMT的加入对木粉改性前后的PVC／WF复合材料力学性能、耐热性能及阻燃性能的影响，结果表明，木粉未经改性时，OMMT加入无助于PVC／OMMT／WF复合材料力学性能的提高；木粉用硅烷偶联剂改性后，添加少量的OMMT，可使PVC／OMMT／WF复合材料的冲击强度和拉伸强度明显提高。研究表明，添加OMMT可显著延迟复合材料的点燃时间，燃烧残余率也明显增加，OMMT是PVC／WF复合材料的高效阻燃剂。     

Kinetics of and catalyst decay accompanying the gas phase rearrangement of cyclohexanone-oxime over a hy ultrastable zeolite

The kinetics of the rearrangement of cyclohexanone-oxime has been studied in a fixed bed, glass tubular reactor at atmospheric pressure and temperatures of 240, 270, 300 and 335°C, using ultrastable HY zeolite catalyst. Several kinetic models, including the Langmuir-Hinshelwood type, have been derived and the best statistical fit has been obtained with a pseudo-first order kinetic equation. The rate constants and activation energies for the formation of the products caprolactam, cyclohexanone and 5-cyanopent-l-ene have been calculated. Based on the evolution of the selectivity with temperature, and the I.R. spectra of the poisoned catalyst, different decay models have been deduced and discussed.     

表面处理对木粉增强PVC发泡复合板材性能的影响

研究表面处理的木粉对发泡聚氯乙烯(PVC)板材的增强改性效果。使用铝酸酯偶联剂、丙烯酸丁酯预聚物对木粉进行表面处理，将其混合到聚氯乙烯发泡板材配料中进行板材加工生产，结果表明，经处理的木粉能提高发泡PVC板材的拉伸强度和冲击强度。用铝酸酯偶联剂处理木粉的发泡板材力学性能好于用丙烯酸丁酯预聚物处理的板材；而用丙烯酸丁酯预聚物处理木粉的复合材料在流变加工性能优于用铝酸酯处理木粉的复合材料。     

Fuel gas from a wood waste carbonization reactor

The production of fuel gas from wood wastes in a full scale carbonization reactor of simple design was studied. The production of methane and the approach to equilibrium to the water-gas shift reaction were experimentally correlated with the operating conditions. The heating value of the gas produced is comparable to that of typical air blown coal and biomass gasifiers, and may be improved by pre-drying the solid feed and by operating the reactor at lower temperatures.     

木/塑复合材料的发展趋势

本文介绍了木／塑复合材料的生产技术及应用状况，指出其与原木材料和纯塑料制品的性能对比优势，开发厂商的开发及发展动态。     

木材液化及其在高分子材料中的应用

木材通过液化可转化为具有反应活性的液态产物,进一步反应可以制备胶粘剂、聚氨酯材料等新型高分子材料。文章从方法、机理以及其产物在制备高分子材料等方面对木材液化的研究进展进行了评述。     

Soy protein combined with copper and boron compounds for providing effective wood preservation

Chromated copper arsenate (CCA), an arsenicbased wood preservative, is toxic to human health and the environment. Although CCA is stable in seasoned wood, there are potential dangers during CCA manufacture, lumber treatment, and waste disposal. This research was conducted to study the effectiveness of soy products to replace toxic chromium and arsenic compounds in wood preservative formulations. Three soy product (Arpro 2100, HM 90, and Supro 760) were used as fixative agents in preservative solutions containing anhydrous CuSO₄ and Na₂B₄O₇·10H₂O. The decay resistance of treated wood blocks was measured by a soil-block culture method. Despite the large molecular sizes of copper-protein and copper-boron-protein complexes, southern pine sapwood was treatable with these preservative formulations. Wood samples treated with >6 kg°m⁻³ CuSO₄ and 7.5 kg·m⁻³ soy product, and subsequently leached for 3 d and exposed to the decay fungus Gloeophyllum trabeum (Fr.) Mur., sustained only 0.5% weight loss over 12 wk. Wood samples needed 40 kg·m⁻³ CuSO₄ and 50 kg·m⁻³ soy protein to resist the copper-tolerant decay fungus Postia placenta (Fr.) M. Lars. & Lomb. These results suggest that soy-based wood preservatives can prevent wood products from fungal attack and can replace CCA.     

木塑复合材料制品一步法挤出成型技术的研究

介绍了木塑复合材料制品一步法挤出成型中常见的5种挤出设备,提出了选择这些设备时需要考虑的一些因素,分析了木塑复合制品挤出成型技术中温度、压力、喂料和排气等问题产生的原因。并结合实验和理论,从螺杆、机筒、机头设计和加料器选择等方面提出了解决这些问题的措施。     

Mechanical properties of composites from sawdust and recycled plastics

Mechanical properties of wood plastic composites (WPCs) manufactured from sawdust and virgin and/or recycled plastics, namely high density polyethylene (HDPE) and polypropylene (PP), were studied. Sawdust was prepared from beech industrial sawdust by screening to the desired particle size and was mixed with different virgin or recycled plastics at 50% by weight fiber loading. The mixed materials were then compression molded into panels. Flexural and tensile properties and impact strength of the manufactured WPCs were determined according to the relevant standard specifications. Although composites containing PP (virgin and recycled) exhibited higher stiffness and strength than those made from HDPE (virgin and recycled), they had lower unnotched impact strengths. Mechanical properties of specimens containing recycled plastics (HDPE and PP) were statistically similar and comparable to those of composites made from virgin plastics. This was considered as a possibility to expand the use of recycled plastics in the manufacture of WPCs. © 2006 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J Appl Polym Sci 100: 3641–3645, 2006