Development and investigation on physical and mechanical properties of mahogany sawdust particleboards made with tannic powder of Indian tamarind (Pithecellobium Dulce Benth)

Soviwadan DROVOU 1, *, Ouro – Djobo Essoavana SAMAH 2, Sinko BANAKINAO 3, Komlan Assogba KASSEGNE 4, Komla SANDA 5 and Tony PIZZI 6

1 Department of Mechanical, polytechnic school of Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
2 Department of Civil, Regional Centre of formation for road care Lomé, Togo.
3 Department of Civil, polytechnic school of Lomé, Lomé, Togo.
4 Department of Mechanical, polytechnic school of Lomé, Lomé, Togo. Laboratory of Structural and mechanical Material, University of Lomé, Togo.
5 University of Kara, Laboratory of Research on Agricultural Resources and Environmental Health, University of Lomé, Togo.
6 Department of Physics, King Abdulaziz University, Jeddah, Saudi Arabia. Laboratory for the Study and Research on Wood Material, University of Lorraine, Épinal, France.
 
Research Article
World Journal of Advanced Research and Reviews, 2023, 20(02), 412–427
Article DOI: 10.30574/wjarr.2023.20.2.2154
 
Publication history: 
Received on 11 September 2023; revised on 28 October 2023; accepted on 31 October 2023
 
Abstract: 
The recycling of forest residues was investigated in the present study. It arms to determine the physical and mechanical properties of particleboards from mahogany sawdust bonded by pearls bone glue or tannic powder of peel of Indian tamarind (Pithecellobium Dulce). The influence of the size of particles on the physical and mechanical properties of the particleboards is studied. Five different granulometries (raw sawdust; 2.5 < g £ 5; 1.6 < g £ 2.5 and 0.8 < g £ 1.6, and g £ 0.8) were investigated. The rate of the adhesives used were 5; 6.5; 7; 7.5; 8; 10, 12.5 and 15 percent. Physically, the density, thickness swelling (TS) and water absorption (WA) were evaluated. Mechanically, the modulus of elasticity (MOE), the modulus of rupture (MOR), the modulus of Young E, the tensile modulus of rupture (MOT) and the internal bond (IB) were determined. The results obtained showed that the granulometry has a great influence on the physical as well as the mechanical properties of the Mahogany sawdust particleboards. The pressing temperature is 160 °C. The threshold fixed by the American standard ANSI A208.1-2016 for the MOE and the MOR are widely reached. The values of the density classified the particleboards from sawdust of Mahogany wood in the categories of low and mean density. The thickness swelling and water absorption has not respectful to the American standard ANSI A208.1–2016 [1]. So, the manufactured boards can only be used in dry conditions.
 
Keywords: 
Sawdust particleboards; Tannic powder; Pithecellobium Dulce Benth peel; Binder content; Physical and mechanical properties
 
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