A percolation model for electrical conduction in wood with implications for wood-water relations

Wood and Fiber Science

Volumn 40, Issue 4, 2008, Pages 544-552

  Zelinka, Samuel L ^a   Glass, Samuel V ^a   Stone, Donald S ^b  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b University of Wisconsin Madison   (United States)

Author keywords

Conductivity; Ionic conduction; Percolation theory; Wood water relations

Indexed keywords

20TH CENTURIES; CAPILLARY WATERS; CELLULOSIC MATERIALS; CONDUCTIVITY; DC CONDUCTIVITIES; ELECTRICAL CONDUCTIONS; FIBER SATURATION POINTS; FREE WATERS; PERCOLATION MODELS; PERCOLATION THEORY; PHYSICAL PARAMETERS; TYPE II;

ELECTRIC NETWORK ANALYSIS; IONIC CONDUCTION; MOISTURE; PERCOLATION (SOLID STATE); SOLVENTS; WATER ANALYSIS; WOOD;

IONIZATION OF LIQUIDS;

CELLULOSE; ELECTRIC CIRCUITS; MOISTURE; MOISTURE CONTENT; PERCOLATION; RESISTIVITY; SOLVENTS; WATER ANALYSIS;

EID: 65549156653     PISSN: 07356161     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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