Experimental procedures for determining the equilibrium moisture content of twenty timber species

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 49, Issue 1, 1999, Pages 88-93

  Ahmet, K ^a   Dai, G ^a   Jazayeri, S ^a   Tomlin, R ^a   Kaczmar, P ^b   Riddiough, S ^b  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BEDFORDSHIRE   (United Kingdom)

^b TRADA Technology   (United Kingdom)

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