Boron diffusion treatment of aspen lumber stored under various relative humidities

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 10, 1997, Pages 47-50

  Puettmann, Maureen E ^a   Schmidt, Elmer L ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF MINNESOTA   (United States)

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