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The boards were manufactured with different densities of 350, 450 and 550 kg\/m3 and with various levels of EPS content 4, 7 and 10%. Boards without EPS granules as the reference were also manufactured. Bending strength (MOR), modulus of elasticity in bending (MOE), internal bond (IB) strength, thickness swelling (TS) and water absorption (WA) of lightweight particleboards were determined. This study confirmed that veneering of lightweight particleboards by birch veneer improved mechanical properties significantly. The MOR and MOE of veneered boards throughout the whole density range of 350\u2013550 kg\/m3 meet the requirements of the CEN\/TS 16368 for lightweight particleboards types LP1 and LP2. The IB strength of veneered boards only with density of 550 kg\/m3 meets the requirements of CEN\/TS 16368 (type LP1). The MOR, MOE and IB of non-veneered boards also meet the requirements of CEN\/TS 16368 (type LP1) except boards with density of 350 kg\/m3 for MOR and MOE, and except densities of 350 and 450 kg\/m3 for IB.<\/jats:p>","DOI":"10.3390\/ma15186474","type":"journal-article","created":{"date-parts":[[2022,9,19]],"date-time":"2022-09-19T02:06:50Z","timestamp":1663553210000},"page":"6474","update-policy":"https:\/\/doi.org\/10.3390\/mdpi_crossmark_policy","source":"Crossref","is-referenced-by-count":8,"title":["Selected Properties of Veneered Lightweight Particleboards with Expanded Polystyrene"],"prefix":"10.3390","volume":"15","author":[{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0002-4320-5247","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Pavlo","family":"Bekhta","sequence":"first","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Wood-Based Composites, Cellulose, and Paper, Ukrainian National Forestry University, 79057 Lviv, Ukraine"},{"name":"Department of Wood Science and Technology, Faculty of Forestry and Wood Technology, Mendel University in Brno, Zem\u011bd\u011blsk\u00e1 3, 613 00 Brno, Czech Republic"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"ORCID":"https:\/\/orcid.org\/0000-0003-1297-9810","authenticated-orcid":false,"given":"Ruslan","family":"Kozak","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Wood-Based Composites, Cellulose, and Paper, Ukrainian National Forestry University, 79057 Lviv, Ukraine"}],"role":[{"vocabulary":"crossref","role":"author"}]},{"given":"J\u00e1n","family":"Sedlia\u010dik","sequence":"additional","affiliation":[{"name":"Department of Furniture and Wood Products, Technical University in Zvolen, T.G. 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