The use of the Decay Susceptibility Index (DSI) in the evaluation of biological durability tests of wood based board materials

Holz als Roh - und Werkstoff

Volumn 60, Issue 3, 2002, Pages 224-226

  Curling, S F ^a   Murphy, R J ^a  

^a NONE   (United Kingdom)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

BIOLOGY; DECAY (ORGANIC); DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); DURABILITY; FUNGI; MATERIALS TESTING;

BASIDIOMYCETE FUNGI; BIOLOGICAL DURABILITY TESTS; BOARD DENSITIES; DECAY SUSCEPTIBILITY INDEX; PERCENTAGE WEIGHT LOSS; WOOD BASED BOARD MATERIALS;

WOOD PRODUCTS;

DURABILITY; FUNGI; LUMBER; WOOD DECAY; WOOD PRODUCTS;

EID: 0036624568     PISSN: 00183768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00107-002-0284-2     Document Type: Article

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