期刊名称：International Journal of Advances in Engineering and Management
电子版ISSN：2395-5252
出版年度：2021
卷号：3
期号：7
页码：3722-3726
DOI：10.35629/5252-030735033506
语种：English
出版社：IJAEM JOURNAL
摘要：This study was embarked upon the development of particle board from water hyacinth, an invasive water weed blended with urea formaldehyde resin. Usually, wood is used as the raw material for particle board due to rich in cellulose content. The chemical composition of water hyacinth states that water hyacinth is also rich in cellulose, thereby increasing the scope for the particle board with water hyacinth. The water hyacinth creates lots of environmental issues to the surroundings but no benefits, hence if this water hyacinth is effectively used to develop any product, the environmental hazards can be reduced and there by developing an innovative product from unwanted weed. In this study we made two particle board with two mix ratios as 60:40 and 70:30 of water hyacinth to urea formaldehyde. Tests for physical properties like density and moisture content of water hyacinth were conducted. Mechanical and physical properties of the particle board were reviewed in this report. IS code used for this project are: Methods of Test for Wood Particle Boards and Boards from Other Lignocellulosic Materials: IS 2380 (Part I-XXI), (1977) & Specification for High Density Wood Particle Boards: IS 3478 (1966).
