TY  - EJOU
AU  - Srivastava, V. K. 
AU  - Pizzi, A. 

TI  - Characterization and Preparation of Wood-Furanic Foams
T2  - Journal of Renewable Materials

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

AB  - Fine wood powder/furanic foams were prepared with a strong predominance of the wood component. Low 
weight and density are important properties of foamed composites. Focusing on preparing light materials, 
wood foam composites were made using a chemical foaming method and expanded using diethyl ether as 
the foaming agent. The additives were added to note their effect on the density and mechanical properties, 
like impact strength and Young’s moduli, of the expanded composites. Various tests and scanning electron 
microscopy analysis were also performed. The foaming agent resulted in closed cells with varied sizes 
and more or less regular shapes, and with signifi cant density reductions and acceptable loss of mechanical 
properties.
KW  - Wood powder
KW  -  cellular foams
KW  -  composites
KW  -  diethyl ether
KW  -  formaldehyde
KW  -  blowing agent
KW  -  bulk density
KW  -  cell size
KW  -   mechanical property

DO  - 10.7569/JRM.2014.634107