Surface free energy of 10 tropical woods species and their acrylic paint wettability

Surface free energy of 10 tropical woods species and their acrylic paint wettability

The surface free energy (SFE) of woods and their wettability are important characteristic for wood painting. No information is available regarding the SFE and wettability of Indonesian tropical woods. The purpose of the study was to determine the SFE and wettability of 10 Indonesian tropical woods....

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Published in:Journal of adhesion science and technology Vol. 34; no. 2; pp. 167 - 177
Main Authors: Martha, Resa, Dirna, Fitria C., Hasanusi, Aulia, Rahayu, Istie S., Darmawan, Wayan
Format: Journal Article
Language:English
Published: Utrecht Taylor & Francis 17-01-2020
Taylor & Francis Ltd
Subjects:
acrylic paint
Camphor
Contact angle
Free energy
Plantations
Profilometers
Sessile drop method
Surface free energy
Surface roughness
Tropical forests
tropical woods species
Wettability
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Summary:The surface free energy (SFE) of woods and their wettability are important characteristic for wood painting. No information is available regarding the SFE and wettability of Indonesian tropical woods. The purpose of the study was to determine the SFE and wettability of 10 Indonesian tropical woods. The woods tested in this study were fast-growing species from plantation of teak, sengon, jabon, pine, and species from natural forest of ramin, meranti, mahagony, camphor, keruing, and ebony. Surface roughness was measured by a profilometer, while wettability was determined by sessile drop method. The SFE values were calculated based on the Rabel method. Wettability was characterized by constant contact angle change rate (K) using the Shi and Gardner (S/G) model. The results showed that the mean roughness (Ra) value of fast-growing species from plantation was 13.58 μm and of species from natural forest was 10.73 μm. The SFE of woods varied from 36.00 mJ/m 2 in the Meranti to 69.68 mJ/m 2 in the Sengon. It was observed that the Meranti wood with the lowest value of SFE provided the lowest value of K (0.01) which indicated the poorest in wettability. The Sengon wood with the highest value of K (0.06) should provide the best wettability for the acrylic paint.
ISSN:0169-4243
1568-5616
DOI:10.1080/01694243.2019.1663009