Selected mechanical properties of wood produced by loblolly pine trees fertilized with sludge

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 9, 1999, Pages 43-47

  Lee, Andy W C ^a,b   Chen, Gang ^a,b   Dickens, David E ^a   Miller, Ansel E ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS SOCIETY   (United States)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BENDING STIFFNESS; PINUS;

BENDING STRENGTH; COMPRESSION TESTING; COMPRESSIVE STRENGTH; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); FERTILIZERS; MATERIALS TESTING; PLANTS (BOTANY); SEWAGE SLUDGE; SHEAR STRENGTH; STATISTICAL METHODS; STIFFNESS;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 0033366340     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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