Analysis of acids and degradation products related to iron and sulfur in the Swedish warship Vasa

Holzforschung

Volumn 62, Issue 6, 2008, Pages 694-703

  Almkvist, Gunnar ^a   Persson, Ingmar ^a  

^a SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Acetic acid; Cellulose; Formic acid; Glycolic acid; Hemicelluloses; Iron; Oxalic acid; Polyethylene glycol; Sulfur; Vasa; Wood degradation; Xylan

Indexed keywords

ABS RESINS; ACETIC ACID; ACIDITY; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLULOSE; CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; CHROMATOGRAPHIC ANALYSIS; DEGRADATION; DESORPTION; ETHYLENE GLYCOL; GLYCOLS; HIGH PERFORMANCE LIQUID CHROMATOGRAPHY; ION CHROMATOGRAPHY; IRON ANALYSIS; MASS SPECTROMETRY; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; OLIGOMERS; ORGANIC ACIDS; ORGANIC COMPOUNDS; OXIDATION; PH; PH EFFECTS; PHOTODEGRADATION; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; POLYETHYLENE OXIDES; POLYMERS; SHIPS; SOLVENT EXTRACTION; SULFUR; SULFUR COMPOUNDS; SULFUR DETERMINATION; THERMOPLASTICS; WARSHIPS; WOOD;

GLYCOLIC ACID; HEMICELLULOSES; OXALIC ACID; VASA; WOOD DEGRADATION; XYLAN;

FORMIC ACID;

ACETIC ACID; CARBOXYLIC ACIDS; CELLULOSE; CHEMICAL OXYGEN DEMAND; DEGRADATION; DESORPTION; FORMIC ACID; GLYCOLIC ACID; HEMICELLULOSES; IRON; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; OXALIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL; SULFUR; XYLANS;

EID: 55749091816     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2008.130     Document Type: Article

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