Equilibrium moisture content of wood in high-temperature pressurized environments

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2001, Pages 104-118

  Lenth, Christopher A ^a,b   Kamke, Frederick A Kamke ^b  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

^b VIRGINIA POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE AND STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

EMC (equilibrium moisture content); High temperature; Sorption; Thermal degradation; Wood

Indexed keywords

EID: 0013096159     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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