Utilization of Suberinic Acids Containing Residue as an Adhesive for Particle Boards
Polymers 2022
Raimonds Makars, Jānis Rižikovs, Daniela Godiņa, Aigars Pāže, Remo Merijs-Meri

The birch (Betula spp.) outer bark is a valuable product rich in betulin. After removal of betulin extractives, suberin containing tissues are left. Suberin is a biopolyester built from α,ω-bifunctional fatty acids (suberinic acids), which after depolymerization together with ligno-carbohydrate complex is a potential adhesive as a side-stream product (residue) from obtaining suberinic acids for polyol synthesis. In this work, we studied the utilization possibilities in parti-cleboards of the said residue obtained by depolymerization in four different solvents (methanol, ethanol, isopropanol and 1-butanol). The adhesives were characterised by chemical (acid number, solubility in tetrahydrofuran, epoxy and ash content) and instrumental analytical methods (SEC-RID, DSC, TGA and FTIR). Based on the results of mechanical characteristics, ethanol was chosen as the most suitable depolymerization medium. The optimal hot-pressing parameters for particleboards were determined using the design of experiments approach: adhesive content 20 wt%; hot-pressing temperature 248◦ C, and hot-pressing time 6.55 min.


Keywords
birch outer bark | particle boards | suberinic acids
DOI
10.3390/polym14112304
Hyperlink
https://www.mdpi.com/2073-4360/14/11/2304

Makars, R., Rižikovs, J., Godiņa, D., Pāže, A., Merijs-Meri, R. Utilization of Suberinic Acids Containing Residue as an Adhesive for Particle Boards. Polymers, 2022, Vol. 14, No. 11, Article number 2304. ISSN 2073-4360. Available from: doi:10.3390/polym14112304

Publication language
English (en)
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