Authors : Duduku Krishnaiah , Awang Bono , Chin Swee Yee Nancy and Rosalam Sarbatly
Abstract: Amino resin is widely used as binder for various wood products such as plywood, particleboard, fibreboard and decorative laminate. Wood products are liable to be attacked by wood deteriorating agents. In this research, Melamine-Urea-Formaldehyde (MUF) resin was developed with a pesticide DTD) to produce wood adhesive to control pests. The interaction between the MUF resin and the DTD pesticide was found. The results show that MUF resin with and without DTD were chemically and spectrally very similar and were distinguished only by O-H stretch functional group, at 3380 cm 1 of the spectra. The absorbance of this functional group increased when the concentration of DTD in MUF resin increased. The difference in the absorbance is a strong indication that the O-H functional group of MUF resin has reacted with borate ions in DTD. It was found that the concentration of DTD leached out during the first 5 weeks linearly increased but after that the amount of DTD leached out was consistent. These results show that, a small amount of DTD can react with MUF resin.
Duduku Krishnaiah , Awang Bono , Chin Swee Yee Nancy and Rosalam Sarbatly , 2008. Pesticide Based Melamine-Urea-Formaldehye (MUF) Resin with Disodium Tetraborate Decahydrate (DTD). Environmental Research Journal, 2: 261-264.