TY  - EJOU
AU  - Ferguson, Richard C. 
AU  - Mendon, Sharathkumar K. 
AU  - Rawlins, James W. 
AU  - Thames, Shelby F. 

TI  - Formaldehyde-Free Wood Composites from Soybean Protein  Adhesive
T2  - Journal of Renewable Materials

PY  - 2014
VL  - 2
IS  - 3
SN  - 2164-6341

AB  - Commercial particleboards are currently synthesized by blending wood furnish with formaldehyde-based 
resins and curing them under a combination of heat and pressure. Particleboards manufactured with 
urea-formaldehyde resin are known to liberate formaldehyde during their service lives. Formaldehyde’s 
carcinogenicity has prompted the search for environmentally-friendly resins for wood composite manufacture. 
Soybean protein-based adhesives have been developed as a renewable and formaldehyde-free replacement for 
urea-formaldehyde resins. Particleboards processed using the soybean protein adhesive matched or exceeded 
performance criteria of M-2-grade commercial particleboards when evaluated as per American National 
Standards Institute (ANSI) specifi cations.
KW  - Protein
KW  -  biobased
KW  -  green chemistry
KW  -  wood composites
KW  -  adhesive
KW  -  soybean
KW  -  renewable

DO  - 10.7569/JRM.2013.634133