Use of soft rot cavities to determine microfibril angles in wood; advantages, disadvantages and possibilities

Holzforschung

Volumn 56, Issue 5, 2002, Pages 468-472

  Brändström, Jonas ^a   Daniel, Geoffrey ^a   Nilsson, Thomas ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Cell wall microstructure; Microfibril angle; Soft rot; Ultrastructure

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; FIBERS; LIGNIN; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

CELL WALL MICROSTRUCTURE; MICROFIBRIL ANGLE; SOFT ROT;

WOOD;

CELL WALLS; CELLULOSE; LIGNINS; WOOD; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

EID: 0036031761     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2002.072     Document Type: Article

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