1. Properties of Microwave Modified Oil Palm Trunk Lumber.
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Ibrahim, Anis Izzati, Salim, Nurjannah, Roslan, Rasidi, Jusoh, Mohammad Ashry, and Hashim, Rokiah
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OIL palm , *LUMBER , *AGRICULTURAL wastes , *MOISTURE content of plants , *SCANNING electron microscopy - Abstract
Oil palm, Elaeis guineensis is well thought-out as an agricultural waste from oil palm plantation. At this time, the necessities of wood are becoming more restricted, and oil palm trunk could be potential alternative source to replace wood. However, oil palm trunks consist of very extraordinary moisture content in spite of uses. This study was expected to examine the properties of oil palm trunk lumber after microwave radiation process. Microwave drying of oil palm trunk samples was conducted by using microwave operated at 2.45 GHz with the maximum rated power of 1000 watt. The samples were microwave-treated at three different power intensities of 600,800 and 1000 watt with the exposure duration of 10 minutes. Oven drying technique also was involved as a comparison of the conventional drying process in this research. Impact and compression of the samples were tested. The analysis of properties of the fresh material and dry samples was employed by scanning electron microscopy. From this study, microwave drying with 800 watt and 10 minutes improved the characteristics of the specimens. [ABSTRACT FROM AUTHOR]
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- 2018
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