Durability of thermally modified timber from industrial-scale processes in different use classes: Results from laboratory and field tests

Wood Material Science and Engineering

Volumn 2, Issue 1, 2007, Pages 4-14

  Welzbacher, Christian Robert ^a   Rapp, Andreas Otto ^a  

^a Federal Research Centre for Forestry and Forest Products   (Germany)

Author keywords

Above ground; Decay types; Double layer; Durability; Hazard classes; Soil contact; Thermal modification; Thermally modified timber; TMT

Indexed keywords

EID: 36248955093     PISSN: 17480272     EISSN: 17480280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480270701267504     Document Type: Article

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