Physico-chemical characteristics of waterlogged archaeological wood

Holzforschung

Volumn 51, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 111-113

  Passialis, Costas N ^a  

^a ARISTOTLE UNIVERSITY OF THESSALONIKI   (Greece)

Author keywords

Crystallinity index; Lignin; NaOH solubility; Picea abies; Pinus silvestris; Quercus sp.; Waterlogged archaeological wood

Indexed keywords

ABIES; PICEA ABIES; PINUS SILVESTRIS; QUERCUS;

EID: 0003282833     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/hfsg.1997.51.2.111     Document Type: Article

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