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MINIMUM
DENSITY FIBRE (MDF)
About MDF
MDF is a wood based composite. The primary constituent is a softwood which
has been broken down into wood fibres; the very cells (tracheids, vessels,
fibres and fibre-tracheids), which are far smaller entities than those used
in particleboard. In Australia the main species used in the production of
MDF is plantation grown radiata pine. A wide variety of softwood species
will also constitute a suitable base for MDF production, though if too many
species are used too great a variation in the properties of the finished MDF
will result.
Other materials successfully used have been waste paper, randomly collected
waste wood and bamboo. Mixing wood and other non-wood materials such as
fibres of glass, steel, carbon and aramide have all resulted in successful
MDF type products being produced.
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