Straw powders were blended with hydrolyzed soy protein isolate (HSPI) modified urea-formaldehyde (UF) resins to produce biodegradable seedling containers. The tensile strength and the degradability of the seedling containers were characterized. Moreover, the degradation behavior of modified UF resins was investigated using N isotopic tracing, dynamic mechanical analysis, C CP/MAS NMR spectrosco...

Nitrogen is the most important essential nutrient that plays a major role in achieving maximum crop yield in agriculture. Therefore, nitrogen fertilizers such as ammonium sulfate and urea have been extensively used in modern agriculture. These fertilizers are generally oxidized to nitrate via nitrite by nitrifying microorganisms in the agricultural field (4, 10, 11). The serious environmental p...

Fundamental interactions between polymeric superplasticizers and cement are studied. Cements with different alite-, belite-, C3Aand C4AF-contents are used. The use of commercially available superplasticizers like melamine formaldehyde sulfite(MFS) and β-naphthalene sulfonic acid formaldehyde-(NSF) resins is investigated. These superplasticizers (industrial products) are characterized by means o...

The structure of traditional, linear phenol-formaldehyde (PF) resins and phenol-furfural (P-Furan) resins has been investigated by matrix-assisted laser desorption/ionization time of flight (MALDI-TOF) mass spectroscopy. The structure of a variety of oligomers has been obtained and the structures present in each of the two types of resins related to the reagent used either formaldehyde or furfu...

The purpose of this study is to develop a low-formaldehyde-emitting resin system for medium density fibreboards (MDF). A combination of polyamines with phenolic resins seems to be suitable for this purpose. To produce panels with such a resin system, polyethylenimine, and a phenolic resin were separately applied on fibres and subsequently made into boards in a thermal pressing process. It was d...

By focusing on the disadvantages of weak water resistance and high formaldehyde emission urea–formaldehyde resin (UF), this research provides a new method to overcome these shortages UF by using tannin for partial substitution urea. Furthermore, plasma pretreatment wood was introduced strengthen bonding performance plywood. The investigation chemical structure tannin–urea–formaldehyde (TUF) wer...

The objective is to evaluate the primary mechanical and physical properties of particleboard made from hammer-milled rice straw particles of six different categories and two types of resins. The results show the performance of straw particleboards is highly dependent upon the straw particle size controlled by the opening size of the perforated plate inside the hammer-mill. The static bending an...