Hot pressing veneer-based products: The interaction of physical processes

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 1, 1996, Pages 69-77

  Zavala, David ^a   Humphrey, Philip E ^b  

^a OREGON STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b Mexican Forest Research Institute   (Mexico)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

HEAT TRANSFER; HOT PRESSING; MANUFACTURE; MASS TRANSFER; TEMPERATURE; VAPOR PRESSURE;

DURATION; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY; SOFTWOOD;

PLYWOOD;

EID: 0029727099     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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