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Improvement of beech wood properties by in situ formation of polyesters of citric and tartaric acid in combination with glycerol

  • Clément L’Hostis , Marie-France Thévenon , Emmanuel Fredon EMAIL logo and Philippe Gérardin
Published/Copyright: December 1, 2017
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Abstract

Beech wood has been treated by impregnation followed by heating at various temperatures with solutions containing citric acid (CA) or tartaric acid (TA) alone or in combination with glycerol (G), i.e. with G+CA and G+TA. The resulting modified woods were tested in terms of resistance to leaching, durability and dimensional stability. These properties are improved as a function of heating temperature, which leads to higher levels of poly-esterification involving grafting onto wood simultaneously with thermal degradation of wood. Dimensional stability of all treated wood was increased, but glycerol does not have a positive effect with this regard. Attenuated total reflection-Fourier transform infrared (ATR-FTIR) spectroscopy contributed to understanding the effects of the different treatments. In situ polymerization of G+TA at 140°C increased the bending resistance, while G+CA polymerization does not compensate notably the mechanical weakness induced by thermal degradation of wood at higher temperatures. However, G+CA treatment is more efficient regarding leaching and decay resistance, than that with G+TA.

Acknowledgment

The research leading to these results was supported by funding from the WoodWisdom-Net Research Program, which is a transnational R&D program jointly funded by national funding organizations within the framework of the ERA-NET+ Action WoodWisdom-Net+. LERMaB is supported by a grant overseen by the French National Research Agency (ANR) as part of the “Investissements d’Avenir” program (ANR-11-LABX-0002-01, Lab of Excellence ARBRE).

  1. Author contributions: All the authors have accepted responsibility for the entire content of this submitted manuscript and approved submission.

  2. Research funding: None declared.

  3. Employment or leadership: None declared.

  4. Honorarium: None declared.

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Received: 2017-5-18
Accepted: 2017-11-1
Published Online: 2017-12-1
Published in Print: 2018-3-28

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