Properties of oriented strand board made from Betung bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper (Schultes.f) Backer ex Heyne)

• Main Authors: Febrianto, Fauzi, Sahroni, Hidayat, Wahyu, Bakar, Edi Suhaimi, Kwon, Gu Joong, Kwon, Jin Heon, Hong, Soon Il, Kim, Nam Hun
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Springer 2012
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24006/1/Properties%20of%20oriented%20strand%20board%20made%20from%20Betung%20bamboo.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/24006/; http://link.springer.com/article/10.1007%2Fs00226-010-0385-8
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

Bamboo has gained increasing attention as an alternative raw material for use in the manufacture of composite boards. Three-layer OSBs were made using Betung bamboo (Dendrocalamus asper (Schultes.f) Backer ex Heyne) strands to evaluate the effects of strand length and pre-treatment techniques on the...