MANGROVE BARK: A RENEWABLE RESIN SOURCE FOR WOOD ADHESIVES

From four solutions tested to extract tannins from mangrove bark for wood adhesives, hot water is recommended. Hot water extracted 21.4% of formaldehyde-hydrochloric acid reactive polyphenols on oven-dry bark basis.

Bibliographic Details
Main Authors: Roland E VETTER, Ana Paula Ribeiro BARBOSA
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Instituto Nacional de Pesquisas da Amazônia 1995-01-01
Series:Acta Amazonica
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0044-59671995000200069&tlng=en