Effects of refining steam pressure on the properties of loblolly pine (Pinus taeda L.) fibers

Holzforschung

Volumn 62, Issue 5, 2008, Pages 556-561

  Neimsuwan, Trairat ^a   Wang, Siqun ^a   Philip Ye, Xiaofei ^a  

^a UNIVERSITY OF TENNESSEE   (United States)

Author keywords

Dynamic contact angle analyzer (DCA); Refined fiber; Scanning electron microscope (SEM); Steam pressure; Water activity; Water activity meter; Water vapor sorption; Wide angle X ray diffractometer (WAXD)

Indexed keywords

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONTACT ANGLE; ERROR ANALYSIS; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FORESTRY; OFFSHORE OIL WELL PRODUCTION; REFINING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SILICONES; SORPTION; STEAM; SURFACE PROPERTIES;

CRYSTALLINITY; DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE; DYNAMIC CONTACT ANGLE ANALYZER (DCA); FIBER PROPERTIES; MEDIUM DENSITY FIBER-BOARD; NORTH AMERICA; PINE TREES; QUALITY JUDGMENT; REFINED FIBER; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPE (SEM); SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPES; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; STEAM PRESSURE; STEAM PRESSURES; WATER ACTIVITIES; WATER ACTIVITY; WATER ACTIVITY METER; WATER VAPOR SORPTION; WIDE ANGLE; WIDE ANGLE X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETER (WAXD); X-RAY DIFFRACTOMETER;

WATER VAPOR;

CONTACT ANGLE; FIBER OPTICS; FIBERS; FORESTRY; HUMIDITY; POLYSILICONES; REFINING; SCANNING ELECTRON MICROSCOPY; SORPTION; STEAM; SURFACE PROPERTIES; WATER VAPOR; X RAY DIFFRACTION;

PINUS TAEDA;

EID: 48649103860     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2008.085     Document Type: Article

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