Application of Environmental Scanning Electron Microscopy to the Study of Macrodistribution of Copper in Copper Naphthenate Treated Hardwoods

Holzforschung

Volumn 52, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 603-606

  Dawson Andoh, Benjamin E ^a   Kamdem, Donatien Pascal ^b  

^a WEST VIRGINIA UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b MICHIGAN STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Acer rubrurn L.; Copper; Copper naphthenate; Environmental scanning electron microscopy; Hardwoods; Macrodistribution; Northern red oak; Quercus rubra L.; Soft maple

Indexed keywords

EID: 0005262007     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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