Degradation of thermo-hygro-mechanically (THM)-densified wood by soft-rot fungi

Holzforschung

Volumn 62, Issue 3, 2008, Pages 277-283

  Skyba, Oleksandr ^a,b   Niemz, Peter ^b   Schwarze, Francis W M R ^a,c  

^a SWISS FEDERAL LABORATORIES FOR MATERIALS SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Switzerland)

^b ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^c UNIVERSITY OF FREIBURG   (Germany)

Author keywords

Beech; Norway spruce; Soft rot fungi; Thermally treated wood; Thermo hygro mechanically (THM) densified wood; Wood modification

Indexed keywords

BIOCHEMICAL ENGINEERING; CHROMIUM; COPPER; DEGRADATION; DENSIFICATION; FUNGI; INDUSTRIAL ECONOMICS; METALS; MICROFLUIDICS; PROTECTIVE COATINGS; SECURITY OF DATA; SULFATE MINERALS; WEIGHING;

(I ,J) CONDITIONS; (O-SEC.-BUTYLDITHIOCARBONATIO-S ,S') COPPER; APPLIED (CO); CAVITY FORMATION; DENSIFIED WOOD; MECHANICAL DENSIFICATION; NORWAY SPRUCE (PICEA ABIES [L.] KARST.); PARENCHYMA CELLS; PICEA ABIES; POST TREATMENTS; ROT FUNGI; SATURATED STEAM; SOFT ROT; SPRUCE WOOD (PICEA ABIES); TREATED WOOD; UNTREATED WOOD; WEIGHT LOSSES; WOOD PRESERVATIVE; WOOD SAMPLES; WOOD SPECIMENS; WOOD SURFACES;

WOOD;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FUNGI; PICEA; PICEA ABIES;

EID: 44949187352     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2008.029     Document Type: Article

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