Utilization of different tall oils for improving the water resistance of cellulosic fibers |
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Authors: | Reza Hosseinpourpia Stergios Adamopoulos Charlotte Parsland |
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Affiliation: | 1. Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Linnaeus University, Lückligs Plats 1, 35195, Växjö, Sweden;2. Department of Built Environment and Energy Technology, Linnaeus University, Lückligs Plats 1, 35195, Växjö, Sweden |
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Abstract: | This study was conducted to assess the effect of the pulping by-products crude tall oil (CTO), distilled tall oil (DTO), and tall oil fatty acid (TOFA) on dynamic water vapor sorption behavior, interfiber strength, and thermal stability of cellulosic paper-sheets. The results were compared against those obtained in cellulose papers treated with the conventional petroleum-derived hydrophobic agent hydrowax and in untreated ones. The tall oil treatments caused strong reduction in equilibrium moisture content of the paper-sheets during adsorption and desorption runs. The same trend was noticed for the hydrowax-treated papers, however, it was less pronounced than the CTO-treated and DTO-treated samples in the relative humidity range of 75–95%. The sorption hysteresis was considerably decreased after the treatments. The ultimate dry-tensile strengths of the paper-sheets were significantly reduced by TOFA and hydrowax treatments, while CTO and DTO showed comparable strength as that of untreated control. The ultimate wet-strengths of the paper-sheets were improved after the treatments. The thermal stability of the specimens was improved by the tall oil treatments, and the hydrowax-treated samples illustrated lower degradation temperature than the untreated control. The results are promising for the use of tall oils as alternative hydrophobic agents of cellulosic fiber-based products, such as wood panels and paper packaging. © 2018 Wiley Periodicals, Inc. J. Appl. Polym. Sci. 2019 , 136, 47303. |
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Keywords: | dynamic water vapor sorption hydrowax interfiber strength tall oil thermal stability |
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