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A novel route to enhance the ductile performance of MF resins by addition of polyamide amine (PA)

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Addition of small proportions of polyamide amine to MF resins for the purpose of resin impregnation yields a considerable improvement in both paper toughness and tensile fracture strength. The fracture strain of impregnated paper with modified resin was enhanced by more than 100% (1.08%) as compared to comparable impregnation with neat MF resin (0.49%) without sacrificing the tensile strength.

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Financial support is acknowledged from The Support Program of Yunnan Provincial Education Department (2017ZZX209); National Natural Science Foundation of China (NSFC 31800481); Yunnan Provincial Reserve Talents for Middle& Young Academic and Technical Leaders (2019HB026); “Ten-Thousand Program”-Youth Talent Support Program.

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  1. Yunnan Provincial Key Laboratory of Wood Adhesives and Glued Products, Southwest Forestry University, Kunming, 650224, Yunnan, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaojian Zhou, Jinda Peng, Wenli Wang & Guanben Du

  2. Key Laboratory for Forest Resources Conservation and Utilisation in the Southwest Mountains of China, Southwest Forestry University, Ministry of Education, Kunming, People’s Republic of China

    Xiaojian Zhou & Guanben Du

  3. Department of Polymers and Pigments, National Research Centre, 12622, Dokki, Cairo, Egypt

    Hisham Essawy

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Zhou, X., Peng, J., Wang, W. et al. A novel route to enhance the ductile performance of MF resins by addition of polyamide amine (PA). Eur. J. Wood Prod. 78, 835–837 (2020). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-020-01555-4

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