Investigations of flakeboard mat consolidation. Part I. Characterizing the cellular structure

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 28, Issue 2, 1996, Pages 153-167

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

^a STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Consolidation; Hot pressing; Image analysis; Oriented strandboard; Wood flake mats

Indexed keywords

CELL STRUCTURE; EXPERIMENTAL STUDY;

HOT PRESSING; MANUFACTURE;

PARTICLE BOARD;

EID: 0030365597     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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