Relations between chemical changes and mechanical properties of thermally treated wood

Holzforschung

Volumn 63, Issue 6, 2009, Pages 773-778

  Windeisen, Elisabeth ^a   Bächle, Helmut ^b   Zimmer, Bernhard ^b   Wegener, Gerd ^a  

^a TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF MUNICH   (Germany)

^b SALZBURG UNIVERSITY OF APPLIED SCIENCES   (Austria)

Author keywords

Ash; Beech; Chemical analyses; FTIR; NIR; Physical and mechanical properties; Thermal treatment

Indexed keywords

CHEMICAL CHANGE; CHEMICAL COMPOSITIONS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FTIR; PHYSICAL AND MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; POLYOSES; STRENGTH PROPERTY; TEMPERATURE LOADS; THERMAL ALTERATION; THERMAL TREATMENT; THERMALLY TREATED WOOD;

CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICALS; DEGRADATION; FOURIER TRANSFORM INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; HEAT TREATMENT; INFRARED DEVICES; WOOD;

MECHANICAL PROPERTIES;

ASH; CHEMICAL ANALYSIS; CHEMICALS; DEGRADATION; FAGUS; HEAT TREATMENT; INFRARED SPECTROSCOPY; MECHANICAL PROPERTIES; PHYSICAL PROPERTIES; WOOD;

FAGUS; FAGUS SYLVATICA; FRAXINUS; FRAXINUS EXCELSIOR;

EID: 73449113716     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2009.084     Document Type: Article

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