Particleboard characterization using sawdust from sengon wood, mahogany wood, bayur wood, and rice husk ash as composite fillers

Abstract

Banten Province, Indonesia, has abundant natural resources. Waste from processing natural resources has not been utilized maximally. Several types of wood and plants used in this study were sengon (albizia Chinensis), bayur (pterspermum javanicum), mahogany (Swietenia mahogany) and rice husk ash as filler. The reference particleboard characteristics used are Indonesian Standard, SNI 03-2105-2006. The characteristics observed were pore diameter, hardness, impact toughness, flexural strength, and thickness development. The particleboard composition is 50% filler, 15% oil palm empty fruit bunches, 20% polyvinyl acetate adhesive, and 15% epoxy resin. The length of fiber used is 5 mm. This research shows that particleboard with mahogany filler has optimum characteristics, namely pore diameter 2.0288 nm, hardness 43 N/mm2, flexural strength 641.65 N/mm2, toughness 3.54 kJ/m2, and thickness swelling 1.20%.