Moisture content, vertical density profile and janka hardness of thermally compressed pine wood panels as a function of press pressure and temperature

Drying Technology

Volumn 26, Issue 9, 2008, Pages 1165-1169

  Unsal, Oner ^a   Candan, Zeki ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Janka hardness; Moisture content; Solid wood panels; Thermally compressing; Vertical density profile

Indexed keywords

HARDNESS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; PRESSES (MACHINE TOOLS);

COMPOSITE PANELS; DENSITY PROFILES; JANKA HARDNESS; MOISTURE CONTENT; PINE WOODS; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; PRODUCTION PARAMETERS; SOLID WOOD PANELS; SOLID WOODS; THERMALLY COMPRESSING; VERTICAL DENSITY PROFILE; WOOD SPECIMENS;

WOOD;

HARDNESS; MOISTURE; PANELS; PRESSES; VAPOR COMPRESSION; WOOD;

EID: 49549112290     PISSN: 07373937     EISSN: 15322300     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/07373930802266306     Document Type: Conference Paper

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