Properties of southern pine wood impregnated with styrene

Holzforschung

Volumn 57, Issue 3, 2003, Pages 333-336

  Chao, Wayne Y ^a   Lee, Andy W C ^a  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Density; Hardness; Southern pine; Styrene; Vacuum Impregnation; Water absorption

Indexed keywords

HARDNESS; IMPREGNATION; STYRENE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

STYRENE IMPREGNATION;

WOOD;

HARDNESS; IMPREGNATED WOOD; PINUS; STYRENE; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

PINUS ECHINATA;

EID: 0037645715     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2003.049     Document Type: Article

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