Moisture content-water potential characteristic curves for red oak and loblolly pine

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 31, Issue 4, 1999, Pages 360-369

  Zhang, Jian ^a   Peralta, Perry N ^b  

^a CLEMSON UNIVERSITY   (United States)

^b NORTH CAROLINA STATE UNIVERSITY   (United States)

Author keywords

Characteristic curve; Enthalpy; Entropy; Free energy; Isotherm; Loblolly pine; Red oak; Sorption; Water potential

Indexed keywords

EID: 0043285592     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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