Contribution of gums to natural durability of Prosopis africana heartwood

Holzforschung

Volumn 58, Issue 1, 2004, Pages 39-44

  Gérardin, Philippe ^a   Neya, Béli ^b   Dumarçay, Stéphane ^a   Pétrissans, Mathieu ^a   Serraj, Mohamed ^a   Huber, Françoise ^a  

^a Ecole Nationale Supérieure des Technologies et Industries du Bois   (France)

^b Inst l'Environ/des Rech Agricoles   (United States)

Author keywords

Contact angle measurement; Durability; Extracts; Gum; Hydrophobicity; Prosopis africanan; Wettability

Indexed keywords

BIOCIDES; CELLS; CONTACT ANGLE; DURABILITY; HYDROPHOBICITY; MICROSCOPIC EXAMINATION; SOLVENTS;

CONTACT ANGLE MEASUREMENTS; PROSOPIS AFRICANA;

WOOD;

BIOCIDES; DURABILITY; GUMS; LUMENS; PROSOPIS; SOLVENTS; WATER REPELLENCE; WETTABILITY; WOOD PRESERVATION;

HEXAPODA; INSECTA; PROSOPIS; PROSOPIS AFRICANA;

EID: 1542603052     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2004.006     Document Type: Article

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