Effect of wheat straw surface treatment by using amino silane coupling agent on properties of amino plastic resin-bonded wheat straw particle boards

Abstract

The effect of amino silane coupling agent on properties of wheat straw boards produced by UF and MF resins, was investigated in this study. For producing the straw boards small particles of straw were used . The results showed that adding 2 and 5 percents of silane had significant effect on improvement of boards properties. This improvement might be due to surface treatment of wheat straw particles with silane coupling agent by increasing the bondability between straw particles and resin. The more amine groups in Melamine Formaldehyde resin compare to urea formaldehyde resin , lead to an improvement in bending strength and thickness swelling.

Keywords

• Amino Silane
• Straw Particle board
• UREA FORMALDEHYDE
• Melamine Formaldehyde
• Surface treatment
• Bondability