Physico-mechanical properties of laminates made from Sematan bamboo and Sesenduk wood derived from Malaysia’s secondary forest

• Main Authors: Ashaari, Zaidon, Lee, Seng Hua, Leemon, Nabil Fikri, Bakar, Edi Suhaimi, Abd Ghani, Muhammad Aizat, Rais, Mohd Rafsan
• Format: Article
• Language: English
• Published: Commonwealth Forestry Association 2017
• Online Access: http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62757/1/Physico-mechanical%20.pdf; http://psasir.upm.edu.my/id/eprint/62757/; https://www.ingentaconnect.com/contentone/cfa/ifr/2017/00000019/a00303s3/art00002

A study was conducted to evaluate the performance of laminated composite made from phenolic resin-treated wood and bamboo strips. Sesenduk (Endospermum diadenum) wood and Sematan bamboo (Gigantochloa scortechinii) strips were impregnated using 30% phenol formaldehyde (PF) resin and assembled in diff...