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Durability testing of coconut shell according to ENV 807

Coconut shell was tested in the laboratory according to the European standard ENV 807 with three different soil types: compost soil, brown rot/soft rot rich soil and white rot/soft rot rich soil. Mass losses between 14 and 16 % were achieved with all three soils, indicating that the decay type is...

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Main Authors: Jermer, Jöran, Wong, Andrew H.H, Segerholm, Kristoffer, Nilsson, Thomas
Format: E-Article
Language:English
Published: IRGWP 2015
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GE Environmental Sciences
S Agriculture (General)
Online Access:http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16026/1/Durability%20testing%20of%20coconut%20shell%20%28abstract%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16026/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291831799
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spelling my.unimas.ir.160262017-05-02T03:26:38Z http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16026/ Durability testing of coconut shell according to ENV 807 Jermer, Jöran Wong, Andrew H.H Segerholm, Kristoffer Nilsson, Thomas GE Environmental Sciences S Agriculture (General) Coconut shell was tested in the laboratory according to the European standard ENV 807 with three different soil types: compost soil, brown rot/soft rot rich soil and white rot/soft rot rich soil. Mass losses between 14 and 16 % were achieved with all three soils, indicating that the decay type is of little importance in the degradation process. Somewhat higher mass losses, 19-22 % were obtained for the durable/moderately durable, according to EN 350-2, wood species Sipo (Entandrophragma utile), whereas preservative-treated references had significantly lower mass losses, 0.5-7 %. The results of the test were promising but further experiments and testing will be necessary to explore the full potential for coconut shell to be used e.g. for composite materials with enhanced durability against decay fungi. IRGWP 2015 E-Article PeerReviewed text en http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16026/1/Durability%20testing%20of%20coconut%20shell%20%28abstract%29.pdf Jermer, Jöran and Wong, Andrew H.H and Segerholm, Kristoffer and Nilsson, Thomas (2015) Durability testing of coconut shell according to ENV 807. International Research Group on Wood Protection. ISSN 2000-8953 https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291831799
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topic GE Environmental Sciences
S Agriculture (General)
spellingShingle GE Environmental Sciences
S Agriculture (General)
Jermer, Jöran
Wong, Andrew H.H
Segerholm, Kristoffer
Nilsson, Thomas
Durability testing of coconut shell according to ENV 807
description Coconut shell was tested in the laboratory according to the European standard ENV 807 with three different soil types: compost soil, brown rot/soft rot rich soil and white rot/soft rot rich soil. Mass losses between 14 and 16 % were achieved with all three soils, indicating that the decay type is of little importance in the degradation process. Somewhat higher mass losses, 19-22 % were obtained for the durable/moderately durable, according to EN 350-2, wood species Sipo (Entandrophragma utile), whereas preservative-treated references had significantly lower mass losses, 0.5-7 %. The results of the test were promising but further experiments and testing will be necessary to explore the full potential for coconut shell to be used e.g. for composite materials with enhanced durability against decay fungi.
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author Jermer, Jöran
Wong, Andrew H.H
Segerholm, Kristoffer
Nilsson, Thomas
author_facet Jermer, Jöran
Wong, Andrew H.H
Segerholm, Kristoffer
Nilsson, Thomas
author_sort Jermer, Jöran
title Durability testing of coconut shell according to ENV 807
title_short Durability testing of coconut shell according to ENV 807
title_full Durability testing of coconut shell according to ENV 807
title_fullStr Durability testing of coconut shell according to ENV 807
title_full_unstemmed Durability testing of coconut shell according to ENV 807
title_sort durability testing of coconut shell according to env 807
publisher IRGWP
publishDate 2015
url http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16026/1/Durability%20testing%20of%20coconut%20shell%20%28abstract%29.pdf
http://ir.unimas.my/id/eprint/16026/
https://www.researchgate.net/publication/291831799
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