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Effects of extracts on color, dimensional stability, and decay resistance of thermally modified wood
Thermal modification can change the color and improve the dimensional stability and decay resistance of wood without the use of chemical modifiers....
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Wood and Wood Density
The density of wood is determined by the relative proportions of its components: vesselsVessels, fibers, and parenchyma cellsParenchyma cells....
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Electrical resistance characteristics of thermally modified wood
This paper presents electrical resistance characteristics of ThermoWood® Thermo-D Norway spruce for wood moisture content measurements below fibre...
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Impact of coating and microstructure on wear resistance of tool steels for wood cutting: a novel approach to quantification and analysis of wear-related damages
Squaring, a wood transformation process, is an operation which consists of introducing the logs into a squaring machine which then uses sharp tools...
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Evaluation of wood treated with Paraloid B72® and boric acid: thermal behavior, water absorption and mold resistance
Consolidation of wood is one of the actions to be taken once wood materials are degraded by biotic or abiotic factors to keep its structural...
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Enhanced mechanical and humidity resistance properties of heat-treated wood by impregnation of low-molecular-weight lignin
Heat treatment is admittedly a significant value-adding step in wood processing. However, the decrease in mechanical properties of wood caused by...
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Steaming or freezing improves decay resistance, copper leaching and wood/copper interactions of micron CuO/silica sol treated poplar (Populus tomentosa Carr.)
Micro-based wood preservatives have tremendous potential for reducing in-service preservative losses thereby reducing the amounts needed for...
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Functional Correlations of Wood Density
The chapter discusses the significance of wood density (WD) in trees and its impact on various physiological and ecological aspects. It notes a...
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Enhancing the fire resistance properties of thermally modified Robinia pseudoacacia wood with natural and synthetic flame retardants: chemical characterisation and fire behaviour
The increasing demand for wood with enhanced flame retardant characteristics in construction applications necessitates strategic interventions. This...
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Wood-water interactions of primers to enhance wood-polyurethane bonding performance
Today, using one-component polyurethane (1c-PUR) adhesives in the manufacturing of engineered wood products from spruce is common practice. However,...
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Wood Modification for Wood Protection
Wood-based materials are used in variety of applications. It is a good engineering and structural material because of good mechanical strength, low...
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Biological durability and wood–water interactions of sorbitol and citric acid (SorCA) modified wood
This study aimed to investigate the relationship between moisture dynamics of sorbitol and citric acid (SorCA) modified wood and its biological...
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Wood modification with nanoparticles fortified polymeric resins for producing nano-wood composites: a review
Wood is one of the renewable building materials which can meet the increased global demand for sustainable materials. However, the wood-based sector...
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Effect of micronized copper treatments on retention, strength properties, copper leaching and decay resistance of plantation grown Melia dubia Cav. wood
Due to the health and environmental concerns, residential usage of copper chrome arsenate (CCA) and similar other heavy metal-based wood...
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Natural dye extracted from Dalbergia cochinchinensis residue with water fastness, mildew resistance and permeability properties for wood staining
Natural dyes (ND) are gaining increasing interest due to their outstanding merits of being eco-friendly, biodegradable and non-toxic. Wood dyed with...
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Nanomaterials to Improve Fire Properties in Wood and Wood-Based Composite Panels
Nanotechnology has already become the frontier of the twenty-first century. It plays the role of a scientific platform joining together various...
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Modification of wood via biochar particle impregnation
Thermal-hydro-mechanical (THM) densification was performed on Picea abies (spruce), Abies alba (European fir), Populus nigra (poplar), and Fagus...
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Formulation and characterization of environmentally benign chicken feather-based wood preservatives
This paper develops chicken feather protein-based wood preservatives (CFP-WP). The treatability, leachability and chemical structure of the CFP-WP...
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Fabrication of a durable hierarchical structure towards superhydrophobicity using functionalized ZnO/PDMS on maleic rosin-modified wood
Certain drawbacks, such as hydrophilicity and dimensional instability due to moisture changes, limit wood applications. Environmental-friendly...
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Preparation and characterization of unsaturated polyester infused transparent wood composites
Wood is a unique biological resource that can be utilized for a variety of purposes of industrial significance. The recent concept of transparent...
