The growing demand for wood-based panels for buildings and furniture and the increasing
worldwide concern for reducing the pressure on forest resources require alternatives to …

Efforts to reduce pressure on use of wood in particleboard formulation have included the use
of non-wood materials such as crop residues. Physical and mechanical properties are …

Tea oil camellia (Camellia oleifera Abel.) is a unique oil crop belongs to the genus Camellia
of the Theaceae family with more than 4.4 million hectares in China to produce more than …

This research examined the possibility of developing a composite corncob (CC) and
sawdust (SD) particle board using urea formaldehyde as binder. The panels were produced …

In this research the feasibility of agricultural crop residues used as alternative raw materials
for particleboards was investigated. Germany-grown cup-plant (Silphium perfoliatum L.) …

This research was conducted to investigate the suitability of peanut hull to produce general
purpose particleboards. A series of panels were produced using peanut hull and mixture of …

Miscanthus x giganteus stalks were studied as a possible replacement for wood in
particleboards. Produced particles from Miscanthus contained 38% of cellulose, and 17% of …

The objective of this work is to evaluate the mechanical and physical properties of three-
layer boards made with wheat straw and bonded with a tannin-based adhesive. The …

Single-layer experimental particleboards were made from various sizes of Arundo donax
particles bonded with urea formaldehyde resin. The experimental panels were tested for …

In this study we assessed the efficacy of manufacturing lightweight particleboards using
sunflower (Helianthus annuus L.) stalk particles. Three-layer lightweight particleboards with …