Properties of Woodceramics Made from MDF

Woodceramics are new porous carbon materials obtained by burning wood or woody materials impregnated with thermosetting resin in a vacuum furnace. In this paper, the change of dimensions and bending strength of woodceramics which were made from medium density fiberboard have been investigated to examination the possibility of utilization as a woodceramics materials. 1) An increasing rate of dimension in impregnated board increased with increasing resin impregnation rate. And increasing rate of thickness was higher than that of length. 2) When the resin impregnation rate increased, the bending strength of impregnated board had a tendency to increase. 3) The rates of weight loss, length and thickness reduction of woodceramics showed a slight increase with increased burning temperature. 4) The density of woodceramics showed a increase from at 500℃ till at 800℃ with increasing burning temperature but decrease at 1,000℃ 5) When the burning temperature increased, the bending strength of woodceramics had a tendency to increase.

MDF로 제조된 우드세라믹의 성질

MDF를 페놀수지에 함침한 후 500, 650, 800, 1,000℃에서 소성하여 우드세라믹을 제조한 후 함침재 및 우드세라믹의 치수 변화와 휨강도를 측정하였다. 수지 함침율이 증가할수록 함침재의 치수 증가율 및 휨강도는 증가하였다. 소성온도에 따른 중량, 길이 및 두께감소율은 각각 소성온도 500℃일 때 59.9%, 19.4%, 26.3%이었으며, 소성온도 1,000℃일 때 65.3%, 22.5%, 31.6%로 소성온도가 증가함에 따라 증가하였으며, 휨강도 또한 함침율 40%일 때 소성온도 500℃에서 50.3 kgf/cm³, 800℃에서 0.79 g/cm³로 증가하였으나, 1,000℃에서는 0.75 g/cm³로 약간 감소하였다. 이상의 결과로 함침재 및 우드세라믹의 성질은 수지 함침율 및 소성온도의 영향을 받음을 알 수 있었다.