Comparing mechanical properties of secondary wall and cell corner middle lamella in spruce wood

IAWA Journal

Volumn 18, Issue 1, 1997, Pages 77-88

  Wimmer, Rupert ^a   Lucas, Barry N ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF NATURAL RESOURCES AND LIFE SCIENCES   (Austria)

^b Nano Instruments Inc   (United States)

Author keywords

hardness; mechanical property; middle lamella; Picea; secondary wall; Spruce; Young's modulus

Indexed keywords

PICEA;

EID: 0030944225     PISSN: 09281541     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1163/22941932-90001463     Document Type: Review

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