Study on Gluing Properties and Surface Wettability of Radial Bamboo Strips

Abstract

This paper presents the studies on surface contact angles of water and phenolic resin and bonding strengths of three kinds of radial bamboo strips and chordwise bamboo strips. The results showed: water and phenolic resin could better wet radial bamboo strips, and wettability and gluing properties of the base radial bamboo strips were best, the middle radial bamboo strips followed, the tip radial bamboo strips ranked third in the three kinds of radial bamboo strips; wettability of water and phenolic resin and gluing properties of chordwise bamboo strips were better than radial bamboo strips.