Experimental and Statistical Analysis of Saw Mill Wood Waste Composite Properties for Practical Applications

The utilization of composite materials is increasing at a growing rate in almost all types of products, due to their strength-to-stiffness ratio. From this perspective, natural waste composites, i.e., wood waste composites, have also been investigated for their effective and sustainable employment....

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Autores principales: Muhammad Usman Khan, Muhammad Abas, Sahar Noor, Bashir Salah, Waqas Saleem, Razaullah Khan
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Publicado: MDPI AG 2021
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Sumario:The utilization of composite materials is increasing at a growing rate in almost all types of products, due to their strength-to-stiffness ratio. From this perspective, natural waste composites, i.e., wood waste composites, have also been investigated for their effective and sustainable employment. This paper deals with the application of hard and soft wood waste (i.e., acacia and cedar wood) with epoxy resin polymer to develop high strength and thermally stable wood composites. Mechanical (tensile, flexural, impact, and hardness) and thermal properties of samples are studied using Differential Scanning Calorimeter (DSC) and Thermo Gravimetric Analysis (TGA), respectively. The properties are evaluated by varying the type of wood waste and its percentage by weight. Based on the Taguchi Orthogonal Array Mixture Design, eighteen experiments are investigated. Analysis of variance (ANOVA) results show that wood waste type and wood waste content have a significant effect on all mechanical properties. From the TGA analysis, it is predicted that both types of wood waste composites exhibit similar thermal-induced degradation profiles in terms of the initial and final degradation temperatures. From the DSC results, higher glass transition temperature T<sub>g</sub> is detected in 10% of the hardwood waste composite, and a reducing tendency of glass transition temperature T<sub>g</sub> is observed with exceeding wood waste content. Moreover, hardwood waste at 10% demonstrated improved decomposition temperature T<sub>d</sub>, due to strong adhesion between waste and matrix.