if the wood glue is stronger than the wood, why don't they make the whole wood out of glue? *learns about "engineered lumber"* ah fuck
particle board is not "wood" in any meaningful sense. a sheet of the stuff is in no uncertain terms an 8x4 foot slab of cured urea-formaldehyde resin which happens to use wood dust as a filler. they could probably use something else if it was cheaper