Wood: Adhesives No Longer Needed to Support the War Effort (Lambuth 1989)
Wood: Adhesives no longer needed to support the war effort (Lambuth 1989). Many of these adhesives, unlike their natural Wood adhesives are polymeric materials that are counterparts, could be used in exterior applications. capable of interacting physically or chemically, or Highly durable synthetic adhesives allow efficient both, with the surface of wood in such a manner that and economical utilization of diverse and changing stresses are transferred between bonded members, wood resources. Adhesives allow the manufacture of hopefully without rupture of the adhesive or de- useful products from residues and waste wood; the tachment of the adhesive from the wood. Adhesives manufacture of stronger, more efficient structures by and the physicochemical phenomenon of adhesion removing or minimizing natural defects; the re- play an important role in more than 70% of all wood- assembly of smaller forms of wood such as veneer, based materials in use today (Marra 1984). This flakes, and fibers into efficiently engineered shapes and includes not only bonded wood products but paper products; and the manufacture of a variety of new products, paints, and finishes. By far, the largest composites by blending wood with nonwood materials amount of adhesive is used to manufacture building such as plastics and cement. Large bonded panels, materials such as plywood and other laminated veneer such as plywood and oriented strandboard, provide products, particleboard, oriented strandboard, fiber- superior structural integrity and consume roughly board, laminated beams and timbers, edge- and end- 50% less wood than lumber sheathing. Fingerjointing jointed products, windows and frames, architectural provides usable lengths of lumber from otherwise doors, and fiberglass insulation.
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