Moisture in untreated, acetylated, and furfurylated Norway spruce monitored during drying below fiber saturation using time domain NMR

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 41, Issue 2, 2009, Pages 194-200

  Thygesen, Lisbeth G ^a   Elder, Thomas ^b  

^a DANISH FOREST LANDSCAPE RES INST   (Denmark)

^b USDA FOREST SERVICE   (United States)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Furfurylation; Moisture; Spin spin relaxation; Time domain NMR; Water; Wood

Indexed keywords

CELL WALLS; FIBER SATURATIONS; FURFURYLATION; MODIFIED WOODS; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NORWAY SPRUCES; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; RELAXATION CURVES; RELAXATION TIME; SPIN-SPIN RELAXATION; SPIN-SPIN RELAXATION TIME; TIME DOMAIN-NMR; WOOD CELL WALLS;

ACETYLATION; CURVE FITTING; DEWATERING; MAGNETIC DOMAINS; MOISTURE CONTROL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; RELAXATION PROCESSES; SEMICONDUCTOR COUNTERS; SPIN DYNAMICS; TIME DOMAIN ANALYSIS; WOOD PRODUCTS;

SPINNING (FIBERS);

ACETYLATION; DRAINAGE; FIBERS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTROL; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RELAXATION; SAMPLES; SPECTROSCOPY; SPINNING; WATER; WOOD; WOOD PRODUCTS;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 65549153643     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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