Effect of chemical modifications caused by heat treatment on mechanical properties of Grevillea robusta wood

Polymer Degradation and Stability

Volumn 93, Issue 2, 2008, Pages 401-405

  Mburu, Francis ^a,b   Dumarçay, Stéphane ^a   Bocquet, Jean François ^a   Petrissans, Mathieu ^a   Gérardin, Philippe ^a  

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

^b MOI UNIVERSITY   (Kenya)

Author keywords

Char; Degradation; Grevillea robusta; Heat treatment; Mechanical properties; Sugar content

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL MODIFICATION; DEGRADATION; FORESTRY; GLUCOSE; HEAT TREATMENT; HYDROLYSIS; LIGNIN; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE;

GREVILLEA ROBUSTA; MODULUS OF RUPTURE (MOR); SUGAR CONTENT; WEIGHT LOSS;

WOOD;

ELASTICITY; HEMICELLULOSES; LIGNINS; TREES; WOOD;

EID: 39149145832     PISSN: 01413910     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.polymdegradstab.2007.11.017     Document Type: Article

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