Longitudinal and transverse permeability of balsam fir wetwood and normal heartwood

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 32, Issue 2, 2000, Pages 164-178

  Lihra, Torsten ^b   Cloutier, Alain ^a   Zhang, Shu Yin ^b  

^a UNIVERSITÉ LAVAL   (Canada)

^b FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Abies balsamea L. Mill; Intrinsic permeability; SEM; Wetwood; Wood anatomy; Wood drying

Indexed keywords

EID: 0041036536     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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