透明木材现有的制造工艺技术只能制备出小尺寸样品,距离产业化应用较远.本研究以桦木(Betula sp.)单板为原料,采用漂白工艺制备大幅面脱色木单板,在真空条件下浸渍环氧树脂,固化后可制得长度达1 m的透明木单板.研究结果表明,透明木单板具有良好的透光性能,其平均透光率约为76.7%,雾度为81.4%;因环氧树脂浸入木材细胞中,透明木单板纵、横向的拉伸强度均大于处理前单板的强度;最后对米级透明木单板的制备工艺及成本进行分析.透明木材可应用于建筑天井、汽车天窗、办公室和卫生间的门窗、隔断等隐蔽空间,研究成果可为透明木材的工业化应用奠定理论基础.
Transparent wood is a new type of wood-based composites.The existing manufacturing technology can only prepare small-size samples,which was far below the requirement of industry scale application.In this study,birch(Betula sp.)veneer was used as raw material to prepare large-dimension decolorized wood veneer by bleaching treatment.Afterwards,the transparent wood with a length of 1 meter was prepared by impregnating epoxy resin under vacuum condiction.The results showed that the transparent wood has good light transmittance with the average light transmittance and haze of 76.7%and 81.4%,respectively.Because the epoxy resin was immersed in wood cells,the longitudinal and transverse tensile strengths of transparent wood were greater than those of original wood.Finally,the preparation process and cost of meter-scale transparent wood veneer were also analyzed.This study not only provided a reference for promoting the application of transparent wood in concealed spaces such as building patios,car skylights,offices,bathroom doors and windows,and partitions but also lays a theoretical foundation for the industry application of transparent wood.