Influence of resin molecular weight on curing and thermal degradation of plywood made from phenolic prepreg palm veneers

• Main Authors: Ab. Wahab, Nor Hafizah, Md. Tahir, Paridah, Mohd Yunus, Nor Yuziah, Ashaari, Zaidon, Choo, Adrian Cheng Yong, Ibrahim, Nor Azowa
• Format: Article
• Published: Taylor & Francis 2014
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/34203/; http://www.tandfonline.com/doi/abs/10.1080/00218464.2013.780971
• Institution: Universiti Putra Malaysia

The present work evaluates curing and the thermal behavior of different molecular weight phenol formaldehyde (PF) resins used to prepare PF prepreg oil palm stem veneers. The physical properties (solid contents, gelation time, pH, and viscosity) of PF resins were determined. The molecular weight of...