Interrelationships between shrinkage properties, microfibril angle, and cellulose crystallite width in 10-year-old Eucalyptus globulus

New Zealand Journal of Forestry Science

Volumn 33, Issue 1, 2003, Pages 47-61

  Yang, Jun Li ^a   Ilic, Jugo ^a   Evans, Robert ^a   Fife, David ^a  

^a CSIRO   (Australia)

Author keywords

Cellulose; Collapse; Crystallite width; Eucalyptus globulus; Microfibril angle; Plantation; Shrinkage

Indexed keywords

CELLULOSE; MOISTURE; PLANTS (BOTANY);

MICROFIBRIL ANGLE (MFA);

FORESTRY;

CELLULOSE; DENSITY; MOISTURE; SHRINKAGE;

EUCALYPTUS GLOBULUS;

EID: 0038378579     PISSN: 00480134     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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