Analisis Sifat Fisik Dan Mekanik Kayu Kelapa Sawit Hasil Kompregnasi Melamine Formaldehyde

Abstract

During the past time the utilization of palm oil tree only limited to producing
fruit to produce oil with all their derivatives, as well as the utilization of  husk and
midrib. Stem, as the biggest mass palm oil tree has not been used commercially due
to its lack of quality.
One effort in improving quality of palm oil wood is compregnation.
Compregnation interpreted as an effort of putting the chemicals into wood structure
using prresure. Chemicals that can penetrate into wood structure in this case is
melamine formaldehyde resin.
The result of research showed that compregnation palm oil wood by
melamine formaldehyde increased the specific of gravity of wood from 0,32  before
compregnation to 0,48, 0,58 and 0,65 for 50%, 75% and 100% concentrate. Moisture
content decreased from 12,05% before compregnation to 10,67 at 100% concentrate.
MOR increased  from 64,58 kg/cm2
before compregnation to 131,54 kg/cm2
, 188,94
kg/cm2
and 361,14 kg/cm2
each for 50%, 75% and 100% concentrate.

Keyword:  Elaeis guineensis Jacq, Compregnation, Melamine Formaldehyde,  MOR