The Bremen Cog of 1380 - An electron microscopic study of its degraded wood before and after stabilization with PEG

Holzforschung

Volumn 58, Issue 3, 2004, Pages 211-218

  Hoffmann, Per ^a,e   Singh, Adya ^b   Kim, Yoon Soo ^b   Wi, Seung Gon ^b   Kim, Ik Joo ^c   Schmitt, Uwe ^d  

^a Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum   (Germany)

^b Chonnam National University   (South Korea)

^c National Maritime Museum   (South Korea)

^d Bfa fur Forst Holzwirtschaft   (Germany)

^e Deutsches Schiffahrtsmuseum   (Germany)

Author keywords

Bacterial erosion; Bremen Cog; Conservation; PEG; SEM; TEM; Waterlogged wood

Indexed keywords

BACTERIA; CONSERVATION; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; RIVERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIAL EROSION; BREMEN COG; WATERLOGGED WOOD;

TIMBER;

BACTERIA; DEGRADATION; ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; FORESTS; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL; RIVERS; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; TRANSMISSION ELECTRON MICROSCOPY;

BACTERIA (MICROORGANISMS); QUERCUS;

EID: 2942566534     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: None     Source Type: Trade Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2004.033     Document Type: Article

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