Violet light causes photodegradation of wood beyond the zone affected by ultraviolet radiation

Holzforschung

Volumn 61, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 23-27

  Kataoka, Yutaka ^a   Kiguchi, Makoto ^a   Williams, R Sam ^b   Evans, Philip D ^c  

^a FORESTRY AND FOREST PRODUCTS RESEARCH INSTITUTE   (Japan)

^b FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^c UNIVERSITY OF BRITISH COLUMBIA   (Canada)

Author keywords

Depth profile; FT IR; Photodegradation; Sugi wood; Ultraviolet radiation; Violet light; Visible light; Wavelength

Indexed keywords

PHOTODEGRADATION; SURFACE PHENOMENA; ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION;

DEPTH PROFILE; SUGI WOOD; VIOLET LIGHT; VISIBLE LIGHT;

WOOD;

ULTRAVIOLET RADIATION; WOOD;

CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA;

EID: 33846259061     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2007.005     Document Type: Article

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