EFFECT OF THE USED PINE RESIN ON THE PROPERTIES OF WOODCERACMICS FROM CASHEW NUT SHELL WASTE

Abstract

Woodceramics is a ceramic product which is sintered at a high temperature from the woody material. The effect of the pine resin on the properties of woodceramics from cashew nut shell waste was researched on this topic. The cashew nut shell waste had been milled and mixed with pine resin at the different ratios. The compounds after mixed were molded at 130⁰C and sintered at 900⁰C in the inner environment. The samples after sintered would be determined some of the properties such as the diametral tensile strength, the density, the function groups (by Fourier Transform Infrared spectroscopy method), the mineral component (by X – Ray Diffraction method) and morphology (by Scanning Electron Microscopy method).