• 품질경영학회지
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• 제50권1호
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• pp.169-181
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• 2022

Purpose: This paper addresses a case study of developing a flame retardant wood-plastic composites (WPC) by adding tannic acid to the existing synthetic wood. The optimal mixing ratios of six components are explored to minimize the burning time using two mixture designs. Methods: In the preliminary experiment, six components are considered to find important components and their ranges. Seven D-optimal mixture design points are generated. Two points are removed for the balance of plastic components to be maintained, and the remaining five points are augmented with two basic compositions. Four components are selected to be considered in the main experiment. In the main experiment, pellets are extruded at the eight mixture design points. In-house testing of burning time is executed three times. Specimens made of pellets from two promising flame retardant compositions are sent to the accredited laboratories and tested. Results: The test results are as follows: 1) The best composition (Wood flour, Tannic acid, PE, Lubricant) = (25, 41, 10, 2) (wt%) shows the burning time of 1 second, which is 9-fold improvement compared to the the burning time of 9 seconds from the existing composition (58, 0, 10, 2) (wt%). 2) The second best composition (41, 25, 10, 2) (wt%) results in the burning time of 2 seconds. This composition is inferior to the best composition in terms of the flame retardancy, but more economical since it needs less tannic acid which is 100-fold expensive than the wood flour. Conclusion: Flame retardant compositions are found by adding tannic acid to the existing WPC employing optimal mixture designs. This case study will be helpful to practitioners who try to develop new products with additional physical properties with as small number of experimental trials as possible. Future research direction includes exploring conditions which satisfy both performance level and cost limitation simultaneously.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제25권1호
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• pp.15-22
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• 2008

The effects of fillers on the mechanical and thermal properties of glass/novolac composites have been studied. The matrix polymer and reinforcement were novolac type phenolic resin and milled glass fiber, respectively. Three different fillers, such as calcium carbonate, aluminum oxide, and wood powder were used for glass fiber reinforced plastic(GFRP) manufacture. Gravity, moisture content, tensile and flexural strength were measured to analyze the mechanical properties of GFRP and the final composites was burned in the electronic furnace at $1000^{\circ}C$ to confirm thermal properties GFRP containing aluminium oxide shows the highest thermal stability with 32% of weight loss at $1000^{\circ}C$ for one hour. GFRP containing calcium carbonate shows the maximum flexural strength (146 MPa), but that containing wood powder dose the highest tensile strength (65 MPa). Conclusively, we found that the characteristics of final composites strongly depend on several factors, such as types of materials, contents and chemical affinity of fillers. Therefore, it is very important to set up the combination of fillers for GFRP manufacturing to improve both mechanical and thermal properties at the same time.

• 폴리머
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• 제35권2호
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• pp.124-129
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• 2011

최근 목분/플라스틱 복합체(WPC)가 많은 관심을 끌고 있다. 본 연구에서는 커플링제 및 나노점토가 함유된 목분/폴리에틸렌(PE) 복합체 패널을 용융혼합 후 압축 성형하여 제조하였다. 5 종의 말레산무수물 그래프트 폴리에틸렌(MAPE) 커플링제에 대해 시험하여 가장 우수한 커플링제 및 힘량을 결정하였다. WPC의 기계적 특성은 UTM으로, 열적 특성은 TGA, DMA, DSC, TMA로 측정하였다. 유기점토를 소량(1 phr) 만 첨가하여도 WPC의 인장강도 및 굴곡강도 결정화도가 증가하는 경향을 보였으며 저장탄성률과 치수안정성은 크게 증가하였다. SEM으로 분석한 결과 커플링제에 의한 목분/PE 계면결합력 향상 효과가 매우 큼을 알 수 있었다. 최적의 커플링제를 선정하여 힘량을 최적화하고 소량의 유기점토를 첨가함으로써 우수한 성능의 목분/PE 복합체를 제조할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제2권3호
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• pp.3-16
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• 1974

One of the disadvantages of. wood and wood products is their hydroscopicity or dimensional instability. This is responsible for the loss of green volume of lumber as seasoning degrade. Dimensional stabilization is needed to substantially reduce seasoning defects and degrades and for increasing the serviceability of wood products. Recently, considerable world-wide attention has been drawn to the so-called Wood-Plastic Composites by irradiation-and heat-catalyst-polymerization methods and many research and developmental works have been reported. Wood-Plastic 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. The species examined were Mulpurae-Namoo (Fraxinus, rhynchophylla), Sea-Namoo (Carpinus laxiflora), Cheungcheung-Namoo (Cornus controversa), Gorosae-Namoo (Acermono), Karae-Namoo(Juglans mandshurica) and Sanbud-Namoo (Prunus sargentii), used as blocks of type A ($3{\times}3{\times}40cm$) and type B ($5{\times}5{\times}60cm$), and were conditioned to about 10~11% moisture content before impregnation in materials humidity control room. Methyl methacrylate (MMA) as monomer and benzoyl peroxide (BPO) as initiator are used. The monomer containing BPO was impregnated into wood pieces in the vacuum system. After impregnation, the treated samples were polymerized with heat-catalyst methods. The immersed weights of monomer in woods are directly proportionated to the impregnation times. Monomer impregnation properties of Cheungcheung-Namoo, Mulpurae-Namoo and Seo-Namoo are relatively good, but in Karae-Namoo, it is very difficult to impregnate the monomer MMA. Fig. 3 shows the linear relation between polymer retentions in wood and polymerization times; that is, the polymer loadings are increasing with polymerization times. Furthermore species, moisture content, specific gravity and anatomical or conductible structure of wood, bulking solvents and monomers etc have effects on both of impregnation of monomer and polymer retention. Physical properties of treated materials are shown in table 3. Increasing rates of specific gravity are ranged 3 to 24% and volume swelling 3 to 10%. ASE is 20 to 46%, AE 14 to 50% and RWA 18 to 40%. Especially, the ASE in relation to absorption of liquid water increases approximately with increase of polymer content, although the bulking effect of the polymerization of monomer may also be influential. WPCs from Mulpurae-Namoo and Cheungcheung-Namoo have high dimensional stability, while its of Karae-Namoo and Seo-Namoo are-very low. Table 4 shows the mechanical properties of WPCs from 6 species. With its specific gravity and polymer loading increase, all mechanical properties are on the increase. Increasing rate of bending strength is 10 to 40%, compression strength 25 to 70%, ;impact bending absorbed energy 4 to 74% and tensile strength 18 to 56%. Mulpurae-Namoo and Cheungcheung-Namoo with high polymer content have considerable high increasing rate of strengths. But incase of Karae-Namoo with inferior monomer impregnation it is very low. Polymer retention in cell wall is 0.32 to 0.70%. Most of the polymer is accumulated in cell lumen. Effective. of polymer retention is 58.59% for Mulpurae-Namoo, 26.27% for Seo-Namoo, 47.98% for Cheungcheung-Namoo, 25.64% for Korosae-Namoo, 9.96% for Karae-Namoo and 25.84% for Sanbud-Namoo.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제50권3호
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• pp.149-158
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• 2022

To realize the infinite possibilities of materials derived from wood, it is necessary to overcome the weak moisture stability of wood. Thus, the development of an eco-friendly hydrophobic coating agent is essential, and of these, woody biomass-based materials are strongly attractive as coatings. In this study, eco-friendly hydrophobic wood coatings were prepared using carnauba wax purified from palm leaves and sprouts, and kraft lignin. The physicochemical properties of the carnauba wax/lignin blends according to the ratio of carnauba wax and lignin were observed by morphology and functional group change. In addition, the coating performance of carnauba wax/lignin blend coatings was confirmed by measuring the contact angle change. It was found that the addition of lignin could accelerate the atomization of wax particles, and that micro-roughness can be realized when applied to the actual wood surface, to ensure that the coating effect over time lasts longer. In addition, it was confirmed that the addition of lignin increases the hydrogen-bond-based interaction with the wood of the coating, thereby providing better coating stability and increasing the durability of the coating solvent under friction. The carnauba wax/lignin paint developed in this way is eco-friendly because all components are made of wood-based raw materials and have an excellent affinity with wood surfaces. Therefore, it is expected to be applicable to the coating process of wood-plastic composites and timber composites.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제30권3호
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• pp.48-58
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• 2002

This study was carried out through scanning electron microscopy to elucidate the mechanism of thickness swelling in wood particle-polypropylene composite which is a typical way of using wood and plastic materials. For this purpose, control particleboards and nonwoven web composites from wood particle and polypropylene fiber formulations of 100:0, 70:30, 60:40, and 50:50 were manufactured at target density levels of 0.5, 0.6, 0.7, and 0.8 g/cm³. Their water absorption and thickness swelling were tested according to ASTMD 1037-93 (1995). To elucidate thickness swelling mechanism of composite through the observation of morphological change of internal structures, the specimens before and after thickness swelling test by 24-hour immersion in water were used in scanning electron microscopy. From the scanning electron microscopy, thickness swelling of composite was thought to be caused by the complicated factors of degree of built-up internal stresses by mat compression and/or amount of wood particles encapsulated with molten polypropylene fibers during hot pressing. In the composites with wood particle contents of 50 to 60% at target densities of 0.5 to 0.8 g/cm³ and with wood particle content of 70% at target densities of 0.5 to 0.7 g/cm³, thickness swellings seemed to be largely dependent upon the restricted water uptake by encapsulated wood particles with molten polypropylene fibers. Thickness swelling in the composite with wood particle content of 70% at target density of 0.8 g/cm³, however, was thought to be principally dependent upon the increased springback phenomenon by built-up internal stresses of compressed mat.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제45권5호
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• pp.572-579
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• 2017

WPC 내 목질섬유 함량 분석은 신뢰도 높은 목재 플라스틱 복합재(WPC) 소비시장 형성을 위해 상당히 중요하다. 본 연구에서는 polypropylene과 목질섬유를 복합화한 단순 WPC 배합 조건에서 WPC 내 목질섬유 함량에 대한 분석을 TGA를 이용한 열분석 방법과 AMS를 이용한 바이오 탄소 함량 분석 방법을 통해 진행하였다. TGA를 통한 열분해 분석법은 $5^{\circ}C/min$의 승온속도로 고분자 PP의 최대 미분 온도를 이용하여 신뢰도 높은 WPC 내 목질섬유 함량에 관한 검량선을 얻을 수 있었다. TGA와 AMS의 분석 방법 비교에 있어서는, 바이오 탄소 함량을 이용하는 AMS 분석법이 더 높은 신뢰성을 보여주었다.

• 한국응용과학기술학회지
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• 제24권3호
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• pp.278-286
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• 2007

As a part of enhancing the performance of wood-plastic composites (WPC), polypropylene (PP)/ nanoclay (NC)/ wood flour (WF) nanocomposites were prepared using melt blending and injection molding process to evaluate their thermal stability. Thermogravimetric analysis (TGA) was employed to investigate thermal degradation kinetics of the nanocomposites both dynamic and isothermal conditions. Dynamic scans of the TGA showed an increased thermal stability of the nanocomposites at moderate wood flour concentrations (up to 20 phr, percentage based on hundred percent resin) while it decreased with the addition of 30 phr wood flour. The activation energy $(E_a)$ of thermal degradation of nanocomposites increased when nanoclay was added and the concentration of wood flour increased. Different equations were used to evaluate isothermal degradation kinetics using the rate of thermal degradation of the composites, expressed as weight loss (%) from their isothermal TGA curves. Degradation occurred at faster rate in the initial stages of about 60 min., and then proceeded in a gradual manner. However, nanocomposites with wood flour of 30 phr heated at $300^{\circ}C$ showed a drastic difference in their degradation behavior, and reached almost a complete decomposition after 40 min. of the isothermal heating. The degree of decomposition was greater at higher temperatures, and the residual weight of isothermal degradation of nanocomposites greatly varied from about 10 to 90%, depending on isothermal temperatures. The isothermal degradation of nanocomposites also increased their thermal stability with the addition of 1 phr nanoclay and of wood flour up to 20 phr. But, the degradation of PP100/NC1/MAPP3/WF30 nanocomposites with 30 phr wood flour occurs at a faster rate compared to those of the others, indicating a decrease in their thermal stability.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제37권6호
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• pp.505-516
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• 2009

본 연구에서는 다른 목재수종과 다른 입자크기의 목분 및 상용화제를 첨가한 Wood Plastic Composites (WPC)를 제조한 후 다양한 물성을 평가하였다. 먼저 3가지 다른 수종으로부터 얻은 목분의 화학조성분의 함량이 화학분석으로부터 얻어졌다. 낙엽송(Larix kaempferi Lamb.), 상수리(Quercus accutisima Carr.), 다릅나무(활엽수, Maackia amuresis Rupr. et Maxim)로부터 40~60 mesh와 80~100 mesh의 목분을 제조하여 열가소성 폴리머의 일종인 폴리프로필렌(polypropylene)에 용융 압출 및 사출하여 복합재를 제조한 후 인장강도, 휨강도, 충격강도 및 현미경 분석을 수행하였다. 알파 셀룰로오스는 상수리나무가 43.6%, 다릅나무가 41.3%, 낙엽송이 36.2%였다. 리그닌의 함량은 낙엽송이 31.6%로 가장 높았으며, 상수리나무가 24.4%로 가장 낮았다. 추출물의 함량은 낙엽송이 8.5%, 다릅나무와 상수리나무는 각각 4.4%와 3.9%였다. 알파 셀룰로오스의 함량이 증가하고 리그닌과 추출물의 함량이 감소할수록, WPC의 인장 및 휨강도 특성이 높았다. 같은 목분의 첨가량에서 작은 입자크기의 목분(80~100 mesh)이 큰 입자크기의 목분(40~60 mesh)에 비하여 WPC의 인장 및 휨강도 특성이 크게 높았다. WPC의 충격강도는 목재수종에 따른 영향이 적었으나, 입자의 크기가 큰 목분을 첨가한 WPC의 충격강도가 대체적으로 높았다. 상용화제인 Maleated polypropylene (MAPP)의 첨가는 수종과 다른 입자크기에 관계없이 인장강도, 휨강도 및 충격강도를 증가시켰다. 현미경 분석 결과, MAPP의 첨가에 의해 목분과 PP수지 간의 계면 결합력이 개선됨을 확인할 수 있었다.

• Journal of the Korean Wood Science and Technology
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• 제32권1호
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• pp.67-72
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• 2004

은수원사시나무 파티클과 저밀도 폴리에틸렌을 50:50, 60:40, 70:30의 3종류 혼합비율로 열압온도 145℃와 열압시간 5분에서 목질플라스틱패널을 제조하였다. 본 연구에서 목질플라스틱패널을 제조하는데 왁스와 접착제 등 어떤 첨가제도 사용하지 않았다. 제조한 목질플라스틱패널의 밀도, 박리강도, 휨탄성계수, 휨파괴계수, 두께팽창률 및 물흡수율에 대한 성질을 측정하여 패널의 성능을 평가하였다. 성능평가한 data를 SAS programing package에 의해 통계분석한 결과에 의하면 목질플라스틱패널의 박리강도, 휨파괴계수 등의 성질은 목재/폴리에틸렌 혼합비율이 50:50으로 제조된 패널이 다른 혼합비율인 60:40과 70:30으로 제조된 패널보다 5% 수준에서 높게 나타났다. 목질플라스틱패널의 치수안정화를 기준으로 볼 때, 목재/폴리에틸렌 최적의 혼합 비율이 60:40이라는 결과를 보여줬다.