A Review: Characteristics of Oil Palm Trunk (OPT) and Quality Improvement of Palm Trunk Plywood by Resin Impregnation

Due to the shortage of solid wood as a raw material of plywood and the abundance of oil palm trunk (OPT) waste in Malaysia, OPT has become one of the potential replacements for timber. However, OPT plywood has low performance compared with commercial plywood, due to the poor properties of OPT. There...

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Main Authors: Fauhan Rosli, Che Mohd Ruzaidi Ghazali, Mohd Mustafa Al Bakri Abdullah, Kamarudin Hussin
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2016-03-01
Series:BioResources
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Online Access:http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_11_2_Review_Rosli_Characteristics_Oil_Palm_Trunk_Resin_Impregnation