Measuring and expressing moisture content in green timber

Material und Organismen

Volumn 32, Issue 3, 1998, Pages

  Uzunovic, Adnan ^a,b,c   Dickinson, David I ^a,b  

^a FOREST RESEARCH   (United Kingdom)

^b IMPERIAL COLLEGE LONDON   (United Kingdom)

^c FORINTEK CANADA CORP   (Canada)

Author keywords

Dry weight; Green timber; Measurement; Moisture content; Pine; Saturation

Indexed keywords

EID: 1842766341     PISSN: 00255270     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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