Decay resistance of sapwood and heartwood of untreated and thermally modified Scots pine and Norway spruce compared with some other wood species

Wood Material Science and Engineering

Volumn 4, Issue 3-4, 2009, Pages 105-114

  Metsä Kortelainen, Sini ^a   Viitanen, Hannu ^a  

^a VTT TECHNICAL RESEARCH CENTRE OF FINLAND   (Finland)

Author keywords

Biological durability; Brown rot; Decay; Heartwood; High temperature; Norway spruce; Sapwood; Scots pine; Soft rot; Thermal modification

Indexed keywords

EID: 70949106544     PISSN: 17480272     EISSN: 17480280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480270903326140     Document Type: Article

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