Effect of liquid hot water pretreatment on selected properties of rice husk and its particleboard

Rice husk has a water repellent wax layer on its surface and has high pH and buffering capacity, which inhibit surface adhesion and result in the poor strength and water resistance of rice husk particleboard bonded with water-borne urea formaldehyde (UF) resin. In this work, rice husks were pretreat...

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