Commercial-scale RF/V drying of softwood lumber. Part 2. Drying characteristics and lumber quality

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 46, Issue 6, 1996, Pages 27-36

  Avramidis, Stavros ^a   Zwick, Robert L ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

^b Site 25 C 22 RR#2   (Canada)

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