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Chemistry and Industry of Forest Products ›› 2023, Vol. 43 ›› Issue (6): 51-56.doi: 10.3969/j.issn.0253-2417.2023.06.007

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Investigation on the Epoxidized Lignin for Reinforcing Melamine-Urea-Formaldehyde Co-condensation Resins

Shishuai GAO1, Yitong XIE1, Xiulan CHEN2, Chunpeng WANG1, Fuxiang CHU1, Daihui ZHANG1,*()   

  1. 1. Institute of Chemical Industry of Forest Products, CAF; Key Lab. of Biomass Energy and Material, Jiangsu Province; Key Lab. of Chemical Engineering of Forest Products, National Forestry and Grassland Administration; National Engineering Research Center of Low-Carbon Processing and Utilization of Forest Biomass; Jiangsu Co-Innovation Center of Efficient Processing and Utilization of Forest Resources, Nanjing 210042, China
    2. Dare Wood-Based Panel Group Co., Ltd., Zhenjiang 201600, China
  • Received:2022-09-05 Online:2023-12-28 Published:2023-12-28
  • Contact: Daihui ZHANG E-mail:zdh0824@163.com

Abstract:

Epoxidized lignin(EL) was prepared by epoxidation of epichlorohydrin with the hydroxyl and carboxyl groups in lignin molecules. EL was used as a formaldehyde-free cross-linking agent for melamine-urea-formaldehyde(MUF) co-condensation resins to improve the bonding strength of MUF resin, and the reaction between EL and free formaldehyde in the MUF resin decreased the formaldehyde emissions of resin. With the increase of ring-opening reaction temperature between lignin and epichlorohydrin, the epoxy group content of EL showed a trend of increasing and then decreasing, which was determined by the infrared spectroscopy and chemical titration methods. The EL epoxy index reached the highest value of 2.6 mol/kg at 100 ℃. Compared with the MUF resin without EL, the modulus of elasticity(5.94 MPa) of added 5% EL-100 MUF resin increased by 117% after curing, and shear strength(1.11 MPa) increased by 33.7% and the formaldehyde emission(0.206 mg/L) decreased by 27.0%.

Key words: lignin, epoxidation, urea-formaldehyde(UF) resin, plywood

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