Comparison of methods to measure fibril angle in wood fibres

Appita Journal

Volumn 53, Issue 3, 2000, Pages 206-209

  Long, John M ^a   Conn, Andrew B ^b   Batchelor, Warren J ^b   Evans, Robert ^c  

^a DEAKIN UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^b MONASH UNIVERSITY   (Australia)

^c CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Confocal microscopy; Fibril angle; X ray diffraction

Indexed keywords

EID: 0004514687     PISSN: 10386807     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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