Progress in using hydroxymethylated resorcinol coupling agent to improve bond durability to wood

Alfred W. Christiansen

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Progress in using hydroxymethylated resorcinol coupling agent to improve bond durability to wood

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Alfred W. Christiansen

Year:

2001

Type:

Miscellaneous Publication

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

2nd International Conference on Advanced Engineered Wood Composites. [S.l. : s.n., 2001]: 3 pages

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Abstract

In the mid-1990s, researchers at the Forest Products Laboratory developed a coupling agent, hydroxymethylated resorcinol (HMR), that has the ability to enhance adhesive bonds between wood and nontraditional adhesives (Vick and others 1995, 1996). HMR is also effective in promoting durable bonding of phenol-resorcinol- formaldehyde (PRF) adhesives to CCA-treated Southern Pine (Vick 1995). This presentation reviews progress in development of HMR for use with nontraditional adhesives and for treated wood.

Keywords

Hydroxymethylated resorcinol, coupling agents, bond durability, treated wood

Citation

Christiansen, Alfred W. 2001. Progress in using hydroxymethylated resorcinol coupling agent to improve bond durability to wood. 2nd International Conference on Advanced Engineered Wood Composites. [S.l. : s.n., 2001]: 3 pages