Research Article
Formaldehyde-Free Wood Composite Fabricated Using Oil Palm Starch Modified with Glutardialdehyde as the Binder
Table 1
Solubility and swelling power of OPS and OPSMG.
| Starch | Temperature (°C) | Solubility (%) | Swelling power (g/g) |
| OPS | 50 | 5.60 | 7.80 | 60 | 9.51 | 19.32 | 70 | 16.35 | 19.51 | 80 | 24.26 | 25.57 | 90 | 28.50 | 33.83 |
| OPSMG | 50 | 4.93 | 5.21 | 60 | 5.98 | 7.56 | 70 | 13.04 | 8.65 | 80 | 16.97 | 19.38 | 90 | 21.77 | 23.68 |
|
|