Microwave drying of spruce: Moisture content, temperature, and heat energy distribution

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 48, Issue 6, 1998, Pages 77-80

  Zielonka, Piotr ^a   Dolowy, Krzysztof ^a  

^a WARSAW UNIVERSITY OF LIFE SCIENCES   (Poland)

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