Wood Adhesives Science and Technology
FS-FPL-4703
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Analysis of Resins |
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Cure Measurement |
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Resin Development |
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VOC Emissions |
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Construction Adhesives |
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Durability |
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Surfaces and Interphases |
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Wood Primers |
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Chemical Computation |
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Preservatives-Adhesive Issues |
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Testing Wood Adhesives |
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Woodfiber/Plastic Composites |
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Wood as a Material to be Bonded |
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Sam Williams
Project Leader
Phone: (608) 231-9412
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Our mission: Improve the utilization of wood through
a combination of basic and applied research that seeks to ensure more efficient
fabrication and performance of bonded wood products.
Our unit combines the talents of a variety of backgrounds
to investigate bonding and bond durability of wood and wood-based composites.
We have expertise in chemistry, adhesives science, and forest products science. Our
interests
range from basic wood adhesion theory to why some bonds in actual wood
products show low durability. We strive to make better adhesives and bonded
wood products.
We interact with corporations, universities, standards organizations, certification
agencies, other governmental departments and agencies, small businesses,
and individuals with questions. There has been work on wood adhesion at
the Forest Products Laboratory since its founding in 1910. Our unit has worked
on the U.S.S. Constitution and on components used in missiles. With greater
efforts to make better use of the wood that is cut, and thus conserve public
forests for a wide variety of uses by an increasing population, bonding
pieces
of wood together is of continuing and increasing importance.
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