Pre liminary study on board from oil palm trunk, (elais guineenssiJacq), with density of 600 kg/ m3 at 5% phenol formaldehyde resin / Noordiana Sukur

In this study, five percent of resin Phenol-formaldehyde (PF) that is will be mixed with the Elais guineensis Jacq vascular bundles. This mixed will be made a board that called Oil Palm Board (OPB) after been cured by heat and pressure. The properties of this Oil Palm Board (OPB) will be determined by several types of test. The result shows that there some different trees criteria that will be affected of the board properties. There were
some testing that will evaluate these Oil Palm Board (OPB) properties due to the required standard, such as internal bonding, bending testing, water absorption, and thickness swelling. In conclusion, the Oil Palm Board derived from oil palm trunk is not meeting the minimum requirement for MS 544. Another research should be done continuously to find a better solution due to the problem above. In this pre - liminary study, the board is unsuitable for any purposes, especially for exterior purposes.