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Strength Performance and Microstructure Characteristic of Naturally-Bonded Fiberboard Composite from Malaysian Bamboo (Bambusa vulgaris)

Shahril Anuar Bahari¹, Mohd Nazarudin Zakaria¹, Syaiful Osman¹, Falah Abu¹, Mohamad Jani Saad², Reza Hosseinpourpia^3,*

1 Eco-Technology Program, Faculty of Applied Sciences, Universiti Teknologi MARA (UiTM), Shah Alam, 40450, Malaysia
2 Engineering Research Centre, Malaysian Agricultural Research and Development Institute (MARDI), Serdang, 43400, Malaysia
3 Department of Forestry and Wood Technology, Linnaeus University, Växjö, 35195, Sweden

* Corresponding Author: Reza Hosseinpourpia. Email:

(This article belongs to the Special Issue: Functionalization of Wood and Bamboo-Based Materials)

Journal of Renewable Materials 2022, 10(10), 2581-2591. https://doi.org/10.32604/jrm.2022.021313

Received 07 January 2022; Accepted 15 March 2022; Issue published 08 June 2022

Abstract

This study investigated the mechanical properties and microstructural characteristics of fiberboard composite produced by naturally-bonded Malaysian bamboo fiber (Bambusa vulgaris). The components that obtained through soda pulping of bamboo culms such as fiber and black liquor, were used for the preparation of high-density fibreboard composite at two target densities of 850 and 950 kg/m³. The bamboo fiberboard composite (BFC) were then produced at 200°C and two pressing parameters of 125 and 175 s/mm. The mechanical properties, e.g., flexural strength and internal bonding (IB) of BFC samples were evaluated according to BS EN 310: 1993 and BS EN 319: 1993, respectively. It was found that the mechanical performance of the composite with 850 kg/m³ density was significantly higher than 950 kg/m³ ones, especially for the samples with 125 s/mm pressing parameter. Microstructure characteristic of the BFC samples illustrated that the fiber linkages were cracked in the composites with higher density, e.g., the composite with the density of 950 kg/m³ and also black liquor were slightly degraded at longer pressing time, which led to the reduction in mechanical properties, especially in IB strength.

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