Properties of cement bonded particleboard from 16 years old petai belalang (Leuceana leucocephala) / Kamal Hilmi Abdul Ghafar … [et al.]

Cement bonded particle board from Leuceana Leucocephala tree was examined and manufactured for their suitability as a construction material under laboratory condition. For this study, Leuceana leucocephala at the age sixteen years old were used to produce at 1:2.0, 1:2.25 and 1:2.5 or wood cement ratio have been produce and their mechanical and physical properties were evaluated and the Malaysian Standard in used as standard requirement. The earlier result show that 1:2.5 wood cement ratio are potential to pass the minimum standard requirement tor modulus of rupture(MOR), Modulus of Elasticity(MOE), Internal Bonding(IB), Thickness Swelling(TS) and Water Absorption(WA) meet and pass the requirement or the Malaysian Standard (MS 544:2001).