Influence of juvenile wood on dimensional stability and tensile properties of flakeboard

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 29, Issue 2, 1997, Pages 103-120

  Geimer, Robert L ^a   Herian, Victoria L ^a   Xu, Danping ^a  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

Author keywords

Dimensional stability; Flakeboard alignment; Juvenile wood; Linear expansion; Tensile strength

Indexed keywords

EID: 0007201559     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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