Hydrothermal treatments to promote surface inactivation and increased flexibility in three hardwoods
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Boiling, london plane, microwave, pecan, steaming, sycamoreAbstract
In the present study, three juvenile hardwoods (namely sycamore, pecan and london plane) were treated by boiling, steaming and microwave. Trees from Platanus x acerifolia (sycamore), Carya illinoinensis (pecan) and Luehea divaricata (london plane) were selected in homogeneous forests located in southern Brazil. Each hydrothermal treatment was performed for 60 min. In general, the hydrothermal treatments caused a certain surface inactivation effect, which was marked by decreased surface roughness, increased hydrophobic character and darkened colour patterns. Also, both decreased stiffness and strength, as well as increased deflectibility were obtained. These mechanisms were attributed to degradation in fine segments from amorphous polysaccharides, leaching of some organic extractives and fragmentation of lignin, as indirectly indicated by infrared spectra.
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Gündüz, G.; Korkut, S.; Korkut, D.S. 2008. The effects of heat treatment on physical and technological properties and surface roughness of camiyanı black pine (Pinus nigra Arn. Subsp. Pallasiana Var. Pallasiana) wood. Bioresour Technol 99(7): 2275-2280. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.biortech.2007.05.015
Herrera R.; Xabier, E.; Llano-Pontes, R.; Labidi J. 2015. Chemical analysis of industrial-scale hydrothermal wood degraded by wood-rotting basidiomycetes and its action mechanisms. Polym Degrad Stab 117: 37-45. http://dx.doi.org/10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2015.03.013
Huang, X., Kocaefe, D., Kocaefe, Y., Boluk, Y., Pichette, A. 2012. Changes in wettability of heat-treated wood due to artificial weathering. Wood Sci Technol 46: 1215-1237. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-012-0479-6
Hughes, M.; Hill, C.; Pfriem, A. 2015. The toughness of hygrothermally modified wood – a review. Holzforschung 69(7): 1-12. https://doi.org/10.1515/Hf-2014-0184
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Kiaei, M.; Kord, B.; Vaysi, R. 2014. Influence of residual lignin content on physical and mechanical properties of kraft pulp/PP composites. Maderas-Cienc Tecnol 16(4): 495- 503. https://doi.org/10.4067/S0718-221X2014005000040
Mattos, B.D.; de Cademartori, P.H.G.; Magalhães, W.L.E.; Lazzarotto. M.; Gatto, D.A. 2015. Thermal tools in the evaluation of decayed and weathered wood polymer composites prepared by in situ polymerization. J Therm Anal Calorim 121(3): 1263-1271. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10973-015-4647-4
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Peres, M.L.; Delucis, R.A.; Gatto, D.A.; Beltrame, R. 2016. Mechanical behavior of wood species softened by microwave heating prior to bending. Eur J Wood Wood Prod 74(2): 143-149. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-015-0978-x
Piao, C.; Winandy, J.E.; Shupe, T.F. 2010. From hydrophilicity to hydrophobicity: A critical review: Part I. Wettability and surface behavior. Wood Fiber Sci 42(4): 490-510. https://wfs.swst.org/index.php/wfs/article/view/2144
Placet, V.; Passard, J.; Perré, P. 2008. Viscoelastic properties of wood across the grain measured under water-saturated conditions up to 135 ºC: evidence of thermal degradation. J Mater Sci 43(9): 3210-3217. https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-008-2546-9
Romagnoli, M.; Segoloni, E.; Luna, M.; Margaritelli, A.; Gatti, M.; Santamaria, U.; Vinciguerra, V. 2013. Wood colour in lapacho (Tabebuia serratifolia): Chemical composition and industrial implications. Wood Sci Technol 47(4): 701-716. https://doi.org/10.1007/S00226-013-0534-Y
Tolvaj, L.; Papp, G.; Varga, D.; Lang. E. 2012. Effect of steaming on the colour change of softwoods. Bioresources 7(3): 2799-2808. https://bioresources.cnr.ncsu.edu/resources/effect-of-steaming-on-the-colour-change-of-softwoods/
Widmann, R., Fernandez-Cabo, J.L., Steiger, R. 2012. Mechanical properties of thermally modified beech timber for structural purposes. Eur J Wood Wood Prod 70: 775-784. https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-012-0615-x
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Lemos de Peres, M., de Avila Delucis, R., Beltrame, R., & Alberto Gatto, D. (2020). Hydrothermal treatments to promote surface inactivation and increased flexibility in three hardwoods. Maderas-Cienc Tecnol, 22(4), 439–446. Retrieved from https://revistas.ubiobio.cl/index.php/MCT/article/view/4137
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