Modeling wood moisture sorption hysteresis based on similarity hypothesis. Part II. Capillary-radii approach

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 30, Issue 2, 1998, Pages 148-154

  Peralta, Perry N ^a   Bangi, Audimar P ^a  

^a NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Adsorption; Desorption; Hysteresis; Isotherm; Liriodendron tulipifera; Modeling; Sorption; Yellow poplar

Indexed keywords

EID: 0000944306     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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