Neutron attenuation coefficients for non-invasive quantification of wood properties

Holzforschung

Volumn 63, Issue 4, 2009, Pages 472-478

  Mannes, David ^a,b   Josic, Lidija ^b   Lehmann, Eberhard ^b   Niemz, Peter ^a  

^a ETH ZURICH   (Switzerland)

^b PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE   (Switzerland)

Author keywords

Neutron attenuation coefficients; Non destructive testing; Quantification; Wood properties

Indexed keywords

ATTENUATION COEFFICIENT; COLD NEUTRON; ELEMENTAL COMPONENTS; EXPERIMENTAL DETERMINATION; EXTRACTIVES CONTENT; INFLUENCE OF DENSITY; LINEAR CORRELATION; MASS ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; NEUTRON ATTENUATION; NEUTRON ATTENUATION COEFFICIENTS; NEUTRON IMAGING; NON-DESTRUCTIVE TESTING; NON-INVASIVE; PAUL SCHERRER INSTITUTE; QUANTIFICATION; QUANTITATIVE EVALUATION; SCATTERING CORRECTIONS; TROPICAL WOOD; WOOD DENSITY;

FORESTRY; HYDROGEN; NEUTRONS; NONDESTRUCTIVE EXAMINATION; OXYGEN; TRACE ELEMENTS;

WOOD;

FORESTRY; HYDROGEN; NEUTRONS; OXYGEN; TESTING; TRACE ELEMENTS; WOOD; WOOD PROPERTIES;

EID: 67650334152     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2009.081     Document Type: Article

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