The Influence of a Thermal Treatment on the Decay Resistance of Wood via FTIR Analysis
The decay resistance of wood can be improved via a vacuum heat treatment. The amount of nutrients from cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin and amount of sugars needed by the fungi during their growth were investigated. The results showed that the absorbance peaks corresponding to absorbed CH3-CH2-,...
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| description | The decay resistance of wood can be improved via a vacuum heat treatment. The amount of nutrients from cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin and amount of sugars needed by the fungi during their growth were investigated. The results showed that the absorbance peaks corresponding to absorbed CH3-CH2-, C=O, and the benzene ring skeleton stretching vibration all noticeably weakened with increased heat treatment. This indicated that the cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin degraded to varying degrees. The specimens with a higher initial moisture content (MC) showed greater amounts of nutrient degradation after 2 h at the same heat treatment temperature. The chemical analysis results were in good agreement with the Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis results. The decay resistance tests showed that the average mass loss of the heat-treated specimens was up to 10.8%, in contrast to 22.23% for the untreated specimens. Furthermore, the FTIR analysis of the heat and decay-resistance test showed that the vibration wave peaks that corresponded to CH3-CH2- at 2954 cm−1 showed noticeably less separation at higher heating temperature. This demonstrated that the cellulose hydrolysis in the wood decreased at higher heating temperatures, which explained why the decay resistance increased with increased heat treatment. |
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| spelling | doaj-art-a3630ec6bd114b41a44394f29d3abdac2025-08-20T03:38:18ZengWileyAdvances in Materials Science and Engineering1687-84341687-84422018-01-01201810.1155/2018/84614078461407The Influence of a Thermal Treatment on the Decay Resistance of Wood via FTIR AnalysisYinan Hao0Yanfei Pan1Rui Du2Yamei Wang3Zhangjing Chen4Xiaotao Zhang5Ximing Wang6College of Material Science and Art Design, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, ChinaCollege of Material Science and Art Design, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, ChinaCollege of Material Science and Art Design, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, ChinaCollege of Material Science and Art Design, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, ChinaDepartment of Sustainable Biomaterials, Virginia Tech, Blacksburg, VA 24061, USACollege of Material Science and Art Design, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, ChinaCollege of Material Science and Art Design, Inner Mongolia Agricultural University, Hohhot 010018, ChinaThe decay resistance of wood can be improved via a vacuum heat treatment. The amount of nutrients from cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin and amount of sugars needed by the fungi during their growth were investigated. The results showed that the absorbance peaks corresponding to absorbed CH3-CH2-, C=O, and the benzene ring skeleton stretching vibration all noticeably weakened with increased heat treatment. This indicated that the cellulose, hemicellulose, and lignin degraded to varying degrees. The specimens with a higher initial moisture content (MC) showed greater amounts of nutrient degradation after 2 h at the same heat treatment temperature. The chemical analysis results were in good agreement with the Fourier transform infrared (FTIR) analysis results. The decay resistance tests showed that the average mass loss of the heat-treated specimens was up to 10.8%, in contrast to 22.23% for the untreated specimens. Furthermore, the FTIR analysis of the heat and decay-resistance test showed that the vibration wave peaks that corresponded to CH3-CH2- at 2954 cm−1 showed noticeably less separation at higher heating temperature. This demonstrated that the cellulose hydrolysis in the wood decreased at higher heating temperatures, which explained why the decay resistance increased with increased heat treatment.http://dx.doi.org/10.1155/2018/8461407 |
| spellingShingle | Yinan Hao Yanfei Pan Rui Du Yamei Wang Zhangjing Chen Xiaotao Zhang Ximing Wang The Influence of a Thermal Treatment on the Decay Resistance of Wood via FTIR Analysis Advances in Materials Science and Engineering |
| title | The Influence of a Thermal Treatment on the Decay Resistance of Wood via FTIR Analysis |
| title_full | The Influence of a Thermal Treatment on the Decay Resistance of Wood via FTIR Analysis |
| title_fullStr | The Influence of a Thermal Treatment on the Decay Resistance of Wood via FTIR Analysis |
| title_full_unstemmed | The Influence of a Thermal Treatment on the Decay Resistance of Wood via FTIR Analysis |
| title_short | The Influence of a Thermal Treatment on the Decay Resistance of Wood via FTIR Analysis |
| title_sort | influence of a thermal treatment on the decay resistance of wood via ftir analysis |
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