Waste tobacco stalk as glue filler in plywood manufacture in the Philippines
Date
2017
Abstract
The study investigated the use of tobacco (Nicotiana tabacum L) stalk particles as additive in urea form aldehyde glue formulation used to bond plywood. The effect of increasing amount of tobacco particles on shear strength, wood failure, formaldehyde emission and termite resistance of plywood was studied. Addition of tobacco particles from 4 to 8% tobacco particle by mass mixed well and had no significant effect on shear strength and wood failure of plywood using Paraserianthes falcataria (L) Nielsen veneers. Formaldehyde emission from specimen containing 4-12% tobacco stalk particles was reduced by 18 to 32% compared to untreated controls. The reduction could be due to the presence of nicotine in tobacco stalk particles that captured residual formaldehyde from the boards. Glueline treatment using tobacco particles at all levels used in this study showed no or limited protection against the subterranean termite Microcerotermes losbanosensis Oshima after 16 week of choice feeding bioassay. Although further research is needed, tobacco particles showed good potential as additive in plywood manufacture
Language
English
Document Type
Article
Recommended citation
Acda, M. and Jimenez, J., "Waste tobacco stalk as glue filler in plywood manufacture in the Philippines" (2017). Report. 393.
https://www.ukdr.uplb.edu.ph/reports/393
Pages /Collation
19 leaves
En – AGROVOC descriptors
NICOTIANA TABACUM; TOBACCO; PLYWOOD; CHEMICOPHYSICAL PROPERTIES; PROCESSING; STICKINESS; FORMALDEHYDE; ISOPTERA; MICROCEROTERMES; PEST RESISTANCE