Abstract
Reed is a natural biological material and has great potential as reinforced material in bio-composites.The morphology and element contents of reed stem were investigated using scanning electronic microscopy equipped with energy dispersive spectrometer (SEM/EDS). And the effects of the mass mixing ratio of reed and poplar particles, dosage of water repellent on the physical and mechanical properties of reed/poplar composites were determined. Results indicated that the outside surface of reed stem has high silica content.The mass mixing ratio of 6:4 or 5:5 resulted in an optimum reed/poplar products. As the mass mixing ratio ranged from 4:6 to 10:0, the composites could be produced without adding additional water repellent. Therefore, it is possible to manufacture qualified reed/poplar composites by using urea-formaldehyde resin.
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