Particleboard manufactured from Tauari (Couratari oblongifolia) wood waste using castor oil based polyurethane resin

Several wood species from the Amazon region are used in the manufacture of furniture, which leaves behind large amounts of waste (slabs, sawdust, sanding dust and bark), thus causing serious environmental impacts. An interesting alternative for the use of these wastes is the manufacture of particleb...

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Main Authors: Washington Luis França Santos, Antônio Jorge Parga da Silva, Aluísio A. Cabral, José Manuel Rivas Mercury
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Associação Brasileira de Metalurgia e Materiais (ABM); Associação Brasileira de Cerâmica (ABC); Associação Brasileira de Polímeros (ABPol) 2014-02-01
Series:Materials Research
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S1516-14392014000300017&tlng=en