Properties of Binderless Insulating Boards Made from Canary Island Date Palm and Cork Particles

Agglomerated cork is a natural cork that has gone through a process of crushing and pressing using heat and binders. One of its applications is thermal insulator in construction. The design of these materials is becoming an essential part of building. The raw materials currently used to make insulat...

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Autores: Ferrández-García, Berta Elena, García-Ortuño, Teresa, Ferrández-Villena, Manuel, Ferrández-García, María Teresa
Tipo de recurso: artículo
Fecha de publicación:2024
País:España
Institución:Universidad Miguel Hernández de Elche
Repositorio:REDIUMH. Depósito Digital de la UMH
OAI Identifier:oai:dspace.umh.es:11000/38935
Acceso en línea:https://hdl.handle.net/11000/38935
Access Level:acceso abierto
Palabra clave:density
particleboard
Quercus suber L.
Phoenix canariensis hort. ex Chabaud
CDU::6 - Ciencias aplicadas::62 - Ingeniería. Tecnología
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Sumario:Agglomerated cork is a natural cork that has gone through a process of crushing and pressing using heat and binders. One of its applications is thermal insulator in construction. The design of these materials is becoming an essential part of building. The raw materials currently used to make insulators consume a large amount of energy, which has created the need to increase the use of renewable and ecological resources such as plant fibers to reduce the environmental problems generated. The objective of this study was to determine the different properties of experimental particleboard panels made from cork and Canary Island date palms without using any binder at minimum energy consumption. The produced cork–palm boards (density of 850 kg/m3 , reached a MOR 8.83 N/mm2 , MOE 794.5 N/mm2 , and IB 0.38 N/mm2 ) are higher values than the traditional cork particleboards with UF made from cork. The thermal conductivity values obtained 0.069 to 0.096 W/m·K are higher than cork boards with UF. Ecological boards that can be used as rigid thermal insulators in the construction industry have been achieved to improve the mechanical properties of the traditional agglomerated cork.