Measuring moisture content profiles in a board during drying: A polychromatic X-ray system interfaced with a vacuum/pressure laboratory kiln

Wood Science and Technology

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2006, Pages 261-274

  Baettig, Ricardo ^a   Rémond, Romain ^a   Perré, Patrick ^a  

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

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

DRYING; MOTION CONTROL; PHOTOCHROMISM; VACUUM; X RAY ANALYSIS;

ENERGY-SENSITIVE DETECTOR; SPECTROMETRIC DATA; X-RAY INTENSITIES;

MOISTURE;

MOISTURE; X RAYS;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 33645499133     PISSN: 00437719     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1007/s00226-006-0068-7     Document Type: Article

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