Palm kernel meal as a melamine urea formaldehyde adhesive filler for plywood applications

• Main Authors: Ong, Huei Ruey, Khan, Maksudur R., Prasad, D. M. Reddy, Yousuf, Abu, Chowdhury, M.N.K.
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd. 2018
• Subjects: TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22372/1/Palm%20kernel%20meal%20as%20a%20melamine%20urea%20formaldehyde%20adhesive%20filler%20for%20plywood%20applications.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/22372/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.ijadhadh.2018.05.014
• Institution: Universiti Malaysia Pahang

In this work, palm kernel meal (PKM) and palm shell (PS) were studied as a filler for wood adhesive formulations and their efficiency was compared with existing industrial flour (IF). Melamine urea formaldehyde (MUF) was used as resin for formulating the wood adhesives. The effects of the natural fi...