The Effectof Active Charcoal in Raw Material Mixturn on Particleboard properties

Formaidebybe emission andphysical.mechsmicsl properties of particleboard bonded with urea formaldebyde(UF)couldhave negative effects to human health,especially when used in a rom with limited ventilation. To reduceformaldeyde emission,anadsorbentcan be applied to r01JJ material as a mixture.This report describes the effect of active charcoal application onjormaldelydeemission and pflysical-mechanicalproperties of the bondedparticleboard Results sboued that application of active charcoal in particleboard production significant changed the product properties.Active charcoal addition as much as 20% of the particle weight to raw material could reduce formaldelly deemission andincreasepbysical-mecbanicalpropertiesof particleboard,andmeet the Indonesian and Japanese Standards.