Improvement of technological quality of eucalypt wood by heat treatment in air at 170-200°C

Forest Products Journal

Volumn 57, Issue 1-2, 2007, Pages 47-52

  Esteves, Bruno ^a   Domingos, Idalina ^a   Pereira, Helena ^b  

^a POLYTECHNIC INSTITUTE OF VISEU   (Portugal)

^b INSTITUTO SUPERIOR DE AGRONOMIA   (Portugal)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AIR; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; BIODIVERSITY; HEAT TREATMENT;

EUCALYPT WOOD; MASS LOSS; MECHANICAL RESISTANCE;

WOOD;

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; EUCALYPTUS; HEAT TREATMENT; HUMIDITY; WOOD;

EID: 33947123678     PISSN: 00157473     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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