《Effects of Adding Nano-Clay on Performance of Polyvinyl Acetate as a wood adhesive》.pdf

Accepted Manuscript Effects of Adding Nano-Clay on Performance of Polyvinyl Acetate (PVA) as a Wood Adhesive Alireza Kaboorani, Bernard Riedl PII: S1359-835X(11)00113-8 DOI: 10.1016/positesa.2011.04.007 Reference: JCOMA 2864 To appear in: Composites: Part A Received Date: 18 January 2011 Revised Date: 31 March 2011 Accepted Date: 5 April 2011 Please cite this article as: Kaboorani, A., Riedl, B., Effects of Adding Nano-Clay on Performance of Polyvinyl Acetate (PVA) as a Wood Adhesive, Composites: Part A (2011), doi: 10.1016/positesa.2011.04.007 This is a PDF file of an unedited manuscript that has been accepted for publication. As a service to our customers we are providing this early version of the manuscript. The manuscript will undergo copyediting, typesetting, and review of the resulting proof before it is published in its final form. Please note that during the production process errors may be discovered which could affect the content, and all legal disclaimers that apply to the journal pertain. Effects of Adding Nano-Clay on Performance of Polyvinyl Acetate (PVA) as a Wood Adhesive Alireza Kaboorani and Bernard Riedl Département des sciences du bois et de la forêt, Faculté de foresterie, de géographie et de géomatique, Université Laval, 2425, rue de la Terrasse, Québec, QC, G1V 0A6 , Canada. Abstract Polyvinyl acetate (PVA), a thermoplastic polymer, has poor performance at elevated temperatures and humid conditions as a wood adhesive. Two types of hydrophilic nano-clay were mixed at different loadings (1, 2 and 4%) with PVA to improve the performance of PVA towards water and elevated temperatures. The properties of PVA-clay nanocomposites were characterized by measuring the sh