Mechanical and Physical properties of Medium Density fiber board made from rice husk and fiber coating.

Volume 17 , Issue 3 , September 2015 , Pages 13-24

Authors

¹ Department of Geology, College of Science, University of Basrah, Iraq.

² Research Center Polymer, Basrah University, Iraq.

The study includes the preparation of Medium Density fiber board(MDF) made from the

coating paper and rice husk, which are used in the prefabricated furniture panels, and

manufacturing of these panels using PVA polymer as bonding materials. The flexural

strength reach 3.73 MP compared with imported panels of 3.5 MP, thus these

manufactured panels are resistant to combustion. The present study used rise husk with

coating paper at different rate in addition to cement and polymer materials consist of

poly vinyl estate (PVA). In this paper physical and mechanical peoperties of MDF

manufacturer from natural fiber studied. Experimental results show that the density of

MDF are about 339 to 820 Kg/m3. The Bending test are about 0.25 to 3.73 MP. The

water absorption are about 4% to 24%.

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