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Wood Biodeterioration
Living organisms involved in wood biodeterioration range quite broadly across Eukarya, Bacteria, and Archaea domains with many wood degrading species...
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Rainbow code of biodeterioration to cultural heritage objects
The vast majority of cultural heritage objects consist of materials that can be subjected to biodeterioration. Currently, there is significant number...
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Wood Preservation and Wood Finishing
Wood protection deals with all aspects that increase service life of wood products. As such it deals with protection from fire, chemical degradation,...
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Physical Properties of Wood and Wood-Based Materials
This chapter describes the basic physical properties of wood and wood-based materials such as density, thermal properties, electrical properties,...
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Nondestructive Evaluation of Wood Products
The field of nondestructive evaluation (NDE) of materials is constantly evolving. This is especially true in the area of wood and fiber-based...
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Aspects of Wood Utilization and Material Selection
The chapter addresses issues of the interrelation of forest aspects and wood properties as a basis for industrial and engineering design with wood....
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Analysis of microbial diversity and its degradation function in wooden piles at Shahe ancient bridge site in **’an and protection measures
Microorganisms possess the capability to impact virtually any form of cultural heritage, leading to contamination, degradation, and even combined...
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Deterioration-associated microbiome of a modern photographic artwork: the case of Skull and Crossbones by Robert Mapplethorpe
The preservation of cultural heritage, including ancient photographic materials, is of paramount importance in the field of conservation science . In...
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Biodegradation of Industrial Materials
Contaminations resulting from various human activities such as the petroleum industry, petrochemical sector, agriculture sector, and nuclear...
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Application of Nanotechnology in Wood-Based Products Industry: A Review
Wood-based industry is one of the main drivers of economic growth in Malaysia. Forest being the source of various lignocellulosic materials has many...
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ZnO recovered from spent alkaline batteries as antimicrobial additive for waterborne paints
Biocides are employed to prevent biodeterioration in waterborne paints. In the present study, we used zinc oxide nanoparticles (obtained from spent...
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Biodegradation of Industrial Materials
Contaminations resulting from various human activities such as the petroleum industry, petrochemical sector, agriculture sector, and nuclear...
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Plastics Biodegradation and Biofragmentation
Plastics are an important component of modern life. They are adaptable, lightweight, and inexpensive. Polyethylene (PE), polystyrene (PS),...
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Pulp and Paper
Pulp and paper manufacturing covers approximately 15% of the non-energetic utilization of wood. The roughly 3000 existing paper and board grades...
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Mechanical and moisture-related properties of selected dried tempera paints
Mechanical properties—modulus of elasticity and strain at break, water vapour sorption, and hygroscopic expansion of selected egg tempera and...
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Types of Microorganisms for Biodegradation
Human activities are the leading contributors to global contamination. Approximately two billion tons of waste are produced each year. Waste...
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Biocompatibility of Nanomaterials Reinforced Polymer-Based Nanocomposites
Nowadays, biodegradable materials are considered the suitable solution for most global problems. Therefore, many types of research were made to study...
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Plastics Biodegradation and Biofragmentation
Plastics are an important component of modern life. They are adaptable, lightweight, and inexpensive. Polyethylene (PE), polystyrene (PS),...
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Types of Microorganisms for Biodegradation
Human activities are the leading contributors to global contamination. Approximately two billion tons of waste are produced each year. Waste...