Comparative Study on Mechanical Properties and Dimensional Stability of Staypak and Wood-Polymer Composites from Populus alba × P. Glandulosa wood

현사시나무로 제조(製造)된 열압축목재(熱壓縮木材)와 목재(木材)-고분자(高分子) 복합체(複合體) 재질(材質)의 비교연구(比較硏究)

One of the techniques for altering the properties of wood that has received considerable attention in the last twenty years is the formation of a wood-polymer composite (WPC) by irradiation and heat-catalyst polymerization of a monomer incorporated into the wood matrix. Wood-polymer composites are the new products having the superior mechanical and physical properties and the combinated characteristics of wood and plastic. The purpose of this experiment was to obtain the basic data for the improvement of wooden materials by manufacturing WPC and Staypak. The species examined was Hyunsasi-Namoo (Populus alba ${\times}$ P. glandulosa) which had not been utilized yet. Methylmethacrylate (MMA) as monomer, benzoyl peroxide (BPO) as initiator and methyl alcohol as bulking agent were used. The monomer containing BPO was impregnated into wood pieces by the dipping and the vacuum process for 2 hours. After impregnation, the treated samples were polymerized on the hot press with pressure and heat-catalyst methods. The results obtained were summarized as follows 1. The monomer loading into wood by the dipping process was 12.13 percent and 29.99 percent by the vacuum. The polymer loading into wood by the dipping process was 6.79 percent and 15.44 percent by the vacuum. 2. Comparing with Staypak, antishrink efficiency (ASE) of WPC was 12.5 to 13.6 percent on the radial direction and 14.70 to 18.63 percent on the tangential. Antiswelling efficiency (AE) was 14.40 to 17.22 percent on the radial direction and 17.18 to 42.1 8 to 42.14 percent on the tangential. Reduction in water absorptivity (RWA) was 8.19 to 15.5 percent. As a whole, the vacuum process was better than the dipping. 3. The specific gravity of control, Staypak and WPC were 0.44, 0.66 and 0.61 to 0.62, respectively. 4. In the bending strength test, the strength in case that the load direction is on the radial surface was greater than that which the load direction is on the tangential. 5. Increasing rate of stress at proportional limit in compression perpendicular to grain was 72.26 percent in case of WPC by the dipping process, 78.93 percent by the vacuum and 99.09 percent in case of Staypak.

본(本) 연구(硏究)에서는 국내산(國內産) 미이용(未利用) 활엽수재(闊葉樹材)인 현사시나무의 재질개량(材質改良)을 위한 방안(方案)으로 비닐계 단량체(單量體)인 methylmethacrylate (MMA) 용액(溶液)을 목재내(木材內)로 주입(注入)한 후(後) 가압(加壓) 가열(加熱) 촉매중합법(觸媒重合法)에 의하여 제조(製造)한 목재(木材)-고분자(高分子) 복합체(複合體)(WPC ; wood-polymer composites)와 열압축목재(熱壓縮木材) (Staypak ; heat-stabilized compressed wood)의 물리적(物理的), 기계적(機械的) 성질(性質)과 치수 안정성(安定性)을 조사(調査)하였다. WPC 제조시(製造時) 단량체(單量體)의 주입량(注入量)을 비교(比較)하기 위하여 침지법(浸漬法)과 진공감압법(眞空減壓法)을 실시(實施)하였다. 본(本) 연구(硏究)에서 얻어진 결과(結果)는 다음과 같다. 1. 목재내(木材內) 단량체(單量體)의 주입량(注入量)은 진공감압법(眞空減壓法)이 침지법(浸漬法)에 비(比)해 약(約) 2배(培)의 효과(效果)가 있었다. 2. 목재내(木材內)로 주입(注入)된 단량체(單量體)는 WPC 제조시(製造時) 약(約) 절반가량 중합(重合)되었다. 3. 제조(製造)된 WPC의 치수 안정효과(安定效果)의 측정결과(測定結果), 반경방향(半徑方向)에서의 항수축율(抗收縮率) 12.5~13.6%, 접선방향(接線方向)에서의 항수축율(抗收縮率)은 12.5~13.6%, 접선방향(接線方向)이 17.18~40.14%였다. 흡수감소율(吸收減少率)은 8.19~15.5%로 진공감압법(眞空減壓法)이 침지법(浸漬法)에 의(依)한 WPC보다 효과(效果)가 좋았다. 4. 휨강도(强度) 시험시(試險時) 하중(荷重)을 가(加)하는 방향(方向)을 달리하였을 때 반경방향(半徑方向)으로 하중(荷重)을 가(加)한 경우(境遇)가 접선방향(接線方向)에 비(比)해 높은 강도치(强度値)를 나타내었다. 5. Staypak 및 WPC는 소재(素材)에 비(比)해 횡압축강도(橫壓縮强度)가 70~90% 향상(向上)되었으며, 종압축강도(從壓縮强度)는 10~30% 증가(增加)되었다. 6. Staypak의 비중(比重)은 0.66, 침지법(浸漬法)에 의(依)한 WPC는 0.61, 진공감압법(眞空減壓法)에 의(依)한 WPC의 비중(比重)은 0.62, 소재(素材)는 0.44였다.