Investigation of hydrophobic properties and mechanical stability of hydrophobic compressed oil palm trunk (OPT) panel

• Main Authors: Syafiqah, Muzakir, Salim, Nurjannah, Roslan, Rasidi, Yushada, Abdullah, Samsudin, A. S.
• Format: Conference or Workshop Item
• Language: English; English
• Published: Elsevier Ltd 2020
• Subjects: HD Industries. Land use. Labor; Q Science (General); TP Chemical technology
• Online Access: http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35592/1/Investigation%20of%20hydrophobic%20properties%20and%20mechanical%20stability%20of%20hydrophobic.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35592/2/Investigation%20of%20hydrophobic%20properties%20and%20mechanical%20stability%20of%20hydrophobic%20compressed%20oil%20palm%20trunk%20%28OPT%29%20panel_Abs.pdf; http://umpir.ump.edu.my/id/eprint/35592/; https://doi.org/10.1016/j.matpr.2020.11.981

Oil palm trunk (OPT) panel has high potential of being the substitution of wood due to the abundant of its availability in Malaysia and correspondingly resulted an increase in the export of palm oil in recent years. The properties of OPT has widely been studied including improvement on their strengt...