Fundamental phenomena in wood RFV drying with 50-Ohm amplifier technology

Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnologia

Volumn 4, Issue 1, 2002, Pages 15-25

  Koumoutsakos, Anastasios ^a   Avramidis, Stavros ^a   Hatzikiriakos, Savvas G ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Field uniformity; Identity drying card; Permeability; Transport mechanisms; Western hemlock; Western red cedar

Indexed keywords

EID: 33747828807     PISSN: 07173644     EISSN: 0718221X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.4067/S0718-221X2002000100002     Document Type: Article

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