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Effect of Cold Plasma Surface Pre-treatment of Wheat Straw Particles on Straw Board Properties Št ě pán Hýsek (a),* Milan Podlena (a), Martin Böhm (a), Henry Bartsch (b), and Christoph Wenderdel (b) (a) Faculty of Forestry and Wood Sciences, Czech University of Life Sciences Prague, Kamýcká 1176, 165 21 Prague 6 – Suchdol, Czech Republic; * Corresponding author: hyseks@fld.czu.cz (b) Institut für Holztechnologie Dresden Gemeinnützige GmbH [Institute for Wood Technology Dresden], Zellescher Weg 24, 01217 Dresden,Germany; Effects of the plasma treatment were evaluated for particles from winter wheat stalks relative to the properties of particleboards manufactured from such treated particles. Using urea-formaldehyde adhesive, boards with a nominal density of 540 kg/m3 and a thickness of 6 mm were manufactured. The physical properties (equilibrium moisture content and thickness swelling depending on relative humidity) and mechanical properties (bending strength and tensile strength perpendicular to the plane of the board) were determined. The results showed that the plasma pre-treatment of particles had a statistically significant effect on the resulting composite properties. BioResources 13(3), 5065-5079.
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Article 3 – Cold Plasma Treatment
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