Analysis of the swelling behaviour of chemically modified softwood: A novel approach

Holz als Roh - und Werkstoff

Volumn 62, Issue 2, 2004, Pages 107-112

  Papadopoulos, A N ^a   Hill, C A S ^b   Gkaraveli, A ^c  

^a Technological Educational Institute of Karditsa   (Greece)

^b BANGOR UNIVERSITY   (United Kingdom)

^c Forest Auth of Magnesia Prefecture   (Greece)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; SOFTWOODS;

FREE VOLUME MODELS; HEXANOIC ANHYDRIDE; SAPWOODS; SWELLING BEHAVIOR;

SWELLING;

ACETIC ANHYDRIDE; MATHEMATICAL MODELS; PINUS; PINUS NIGRA; REAGENTS; SOFTWOODS; SWELLING; VOID VOLUME;

EID: 21144451141     PISSN: 00183768     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00107-003-0448-8     Document Type: Article

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