Journal
ACS SUSTAINABLE CHEMISTRY & ENGINEERING
Volume 4, Issue 9, Pages 5041-5045Publisher
AMER CHEMICAL SOC
DOI: 10.1021/acssuschemeng.6b01477
Keywords
Lignocellulose; Wood; Biogenic Formaldehyde; Emissions; Regulations
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- Wood-Based Composites center, a National Science Foundation Industry/University Cooperative Research Center [1035009]
- Virginia Agricultural Experiment Station
- McIntire Stennis Program of the National Institute of Food and Agriculture, U.S. Department of Agriculture
- Directorate For Engineering
- Div Of Industrial Innovation & Partnersh [1035009] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
- Div Of Industrial Innovation & Partnersh
- Directorate For Engineering [1624536] Funding Source: National Science Foundation
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Lignocellulose naturally contains formaldehyde, and generates much more when heated. A simple quantitation of such biogenic formaldehyde is desirable for the analysis and utilization of lignocellulose. Heretofore, a boiling toluene extraction (the perforator method) was the best known technique to determine biogenic formaldehyde in wood. Described here is a simple milligram-scale water extraction that avoids specimen heating. This method was validated by comparison to a laborious extraction using poly(allylamine), PAA, beads that strongly sorb formaldehyde. The PAA-based extraction and the water-only extraction were found to be effectively equivalent, recovering about 94% of wood formaldehyde. The incomplete formaldehyde recovery is offset by experimental simplicity, and suitability for large sampling. For instance, the new method was applied to the analysis of tree increment cores; formaldehyde levels measured in never-heated Pinus virginiana ranged from 1 to 5 mu g/g dry wood, and were comparable to published values using the perforator method. Heating at 200 degrees for 10 min generated about 10-20 times more biogenic formaldehyde. This simple extraction is useful to document biogenic formaldehyde levels in wood, and the formaldehyde generation potential associated with heating, as in the manufacture of wood-based composites.
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