Determination of boron diffusion coefficients in wood

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 90-103

  Ra, Jong B ^a   Barnes, H Michael ^a   Conners, Terrance E ^a  

^a MISSISSIPPI STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Boric acid equivalent; Boron; Diffusion coefficients; Dip diffusion treatment; Egner's solution; Timbor solution; Unsteady state diffusion

Indexed keywords

EID: 0011303269     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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