Utilização de lignosulfonato de cálcio e magnésio em misturas com fenol-formaldeído na produção de painéis aglomerados

Abstract

SILVA, Marcelly Alves da. Using of calcium and magnesium lignosulfonate in mixtures with phenol-formaldehyde in particleboard manufacturing. 2016. 33 p. Dissertation (Master in forest and Environmental Sciences). Instituto de Florestas, Universidade Federal Rural do Rio de Janeiro, Seropédica, RJ, 2016. The purpose of this study was to evaluate the feasibility of using calcium and magnesium lignosulfonate (LS) in the production of Pinus caribaea var. caribaea particleboard panels, used pure and in mixtures with phenol-formaldehyde (FF). It was determined the basic and apparent density of the wood, as well as the physical and chemical properties of adhesives. In order to evaluate the effect of FF replaced by LS on the physical and chemical properties, panels were produced with different concentrations of these adhesives. The experiment consisted of two phases. The first phase was performed under temperature of 160°C and pressing time of 10 mitutes with the following compositions: 100% FF, and LS substitutions in the proportions of 20, 40, 60, 80 and 100%, with three replications each. In the second phase, the first phase of the three treatments with lower performance in the mechanical properties were tested at a temperature of 180°C and to 7 minutes. The results of basic and apparent wood density were 0.54 and 0.60 g/cm³, respectively. In the second stage the temperature increased and decreased of the pressing time were not sufficient to consolidate the panel, becoming not possible to analyze the results of this phase. In respect to the thickness swelling and water absorption, increases in the proportion of lignosulfonate in the mixture also raise up these values. The substitution of the phenol-formaldehyde adhesive of lignosulfonate was satisfactory in attendance the specific norm for mechanical properties by 80%. The lignosulfonate showed efficiency in the use as an adhesive in the production of particleboard in mixtures with phenol formaldehyde, suggesting that this is an alternative of the use of synthetic adhesives.