Effect of Thermomechanical Densification Treatment on Abrasion Resistance of Five US Hardwoods

The effect of thermomechanical densification treatment on the abrasion resistance of five hardwood species were investigated in this study. The species tested include ash ( Fraxinus sp.), hickory ( Carya sp.), red oak ( Quercus sp.), sweetgum ( Liquidambar styraciflua ), and white oak ( Quercus sp.)...

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Published inForest products journal Vol. 72; no. 3; pp. 175 - 179
Main Authors Snow, Dusty, Khademibami, Laya, Sherrington, Alan, Shmulsky, Rubin, Montague, Iris, Ross, Robert J., Wang, Xiping
Format Journal Article
LanguageEnglish
Published Madison Forest Products Society 22.09.2022
Subjects
Abrasion
Abrasion resistance
analysis of variance
Carya
Densification
Design of experiments
Flooring
Forest products industry
forests
Fraxinus
hardwood
Hardwoods
Heat
Humidity
Liquidambar
Liquidambar styraciflua
Mechanical properties
Oak
Pallets
Quercus
Quercus alba
Specimen preparation
Statistical analysis
temperature
Testing
Thermal properties
Thermomechanical treatment
Variance analysis
Varieties
Wear resistance
Wood
United States
United States > US
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Summary:The effect of thermomechanical densification treatment on the abrasion resistance of five hardwood species were investigated in this study. The species tested include ash ( Fraxinus sp.), hickory ( Carya sp.), red oak ( Quercus sp.), sweetgum ( Liquidambar styraciflua ), and white oak ( Quercus sp.). The abrasion test was performed according to the American Society of Testing and Materials standards. Ten specimens from each species were initially tested for abrasion resistance, and those specimens were then put through a thermomechanical densification process. The densification process consisted of bringing the heated platen up to a temperature of 176°C (350°F) on one surface and pressing the specimens at 6.9 MPa (1,000 Psi) for a period of 5 minutes. The densified specimens were then subject to the same abrasion testing procedure. All data were statistically analyzed by two-way analysis of variance (ANOVA) with the procedure of general linear mixed models. The results of this study indicated that densified hickory had the highest abrasion resistance among the five hardwood species tested.
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ISSN:0015-7473
2376-9637
DOI:10.13073/FPJ-D-22-00028