Vertical density profiles in thermally compressed balsam fir wood

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 55, Issue 5, 2005, Pages 65-68

  Wang, Jieying ^a   Cooper, Paul A ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TORONTO   (Canada)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

COMPACTION; DENSITY (SPECIFIC GRAVITY); HEAT TRANSFER; HOT PRESSING; MOISTURE;

CORE DENSITY; PRESS CLOSING RATES; SURFACE DENSITY; VERTICAL DENSITY PROFILES (VDP);

WOOD;

ABIES AMABILIS; COMPACTION; DENSITY; HEAT TRANSFER; HOT PRESSING; MOISTURE; WOOD;

ABIES BALSAMEA;

EID: 19644397809     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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