Simulation of Pinus radiata veneer drying: Moisture content and temperature profiles

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 47, Issue 7-8, 1997, Pages 51-58

  Pang, S ^a   Riley, S G ^a   Haslett, A N ^a  

^a SCION   (New Zealand)

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