INVESTIGATION ON THE WATER ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF PLYWOOD MANUFACTURED USING VENEERS FROM OIL PALM STEM

Authors

  • Hasmawi Khalid Civil Engineering Department, Politeknik Sultan Salahuddin Abdul Aziz Shah, Persiaran Usahawan, Seksyen U1, 40150 Shah Alam, Selangor, Malaysia
  • Zakiah Ahmad Infrastructure Engineering and Sustainable Management (IIESM), Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia
  • Paridah Md. Tahir Institute of Tropical Forestry and Timber Product (INTROP), Universiti Putra Malaysia, Malaysia
  • Jamaludin Kasim Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Malaysia

DOI:

https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.8625

Keywords:

Oil palm stem, water absorption, thickness swelling, delamination

Abstract

There are four main weaknesses in using Oil Palm Stem (OPS) as a material for plywood manufacturing. High variation in density, moisture contents (MC), high water absorption and surface roughness. This paper report the investigation on the effect of water on physical properties of OPS plywood (PTA) namely water absorption, thickness swelling and delamination. These properties were compared with the properties of another two types of commercial OPS plywood denoted as PTB and PTC which were manufactured using OPS veneer with tropical hardwood veneer for face and back veneer and control plywood denoted as PTD which was manufactured using 100% tropical hardwood veneer. The results showed that PTA has lowest value of water absorption but has highest value of thickness swelling and delaminating.

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Published

2016-05-09

Issue

Vol. 78 No. 5-5: Advancement in Petroleum and Chemical Engineering Technology and Applications

Section

Science and Engineering

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INVESTIGATION ON THE WATER ABSORPTION CHARACTERISTICS OF PLYWOOD MANUFACTURED USING VENEERS FROM OIL PALM STEM. (2016). Jurnal Teknologi (Sciences & Engineering), 78(5-5). https://doi.org/10.11113/jt.v78.8625