Water sorption in wood and modified wood at high values of relative humidity. Part I: Results for untreated, acetylated, and furfurylated Norway spruce

Holzforschung

Volumn 64, Issue 3, 2010, Pages 315-323

  Thygesen, Lisbeth G ^a   Tang Engelund, Emil ^b,c   Hoffmeyer, Preben ^c  

^a UNIVERSITY OF COPENHAGEN   (Denmark)

^b DANISH TECHNOLOGICAL INSTITUTE   (Denmark)

^c TECHNICAL UNIVERSITY OF DENMARK   (Denmark)

Author keywords

Acetylation; Capillary condensation; Furfurylation; Isotherm; Sorption; Wood water relations

Indexed keywords

ACETYLATED WOOD; CAPILLARY CONDENSATION; CLIMATE CHAMBERS; CONDENSED WATER; DESORPTION ISOTHERMS; EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENTS; FIBER SATURATION; FURFURYLATION; LOW FIELD; MICROSTRUCTURAL GEOMETRY; MODIFIED WOOD; MOISTURE CONTENTS; NORWAY SPRUCE; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; PRESSURE PLATE; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; RELAXATION CURVES; SATURATED SALT SOLUTION; TIME DOMAIN NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; WATER RELATIONS; WATER SORPTION;

ACETYLATION; ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; CONDENSATION; DESORPTION; ELECTROMAGNETIC COMPATIBILITY; ISOTHERMS; LAPLACE EQUATION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE SPECTROSCOPY; PLASTIC MOLDS; RESONANCE;

WOOD;

ACETYLATION; CONDENSATION; DESORPTION; FIBERS; HUMIDITY; ISOTHERMS; MOISTURE; MOLDS; NUCLEAR MAGNETIC RESONANCE; RESONANCE; SORPTION; WOOD;

PICEA ABIES;

EID: 77951270895     PISSN: 00183830     EISSN: 1437434X     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1515/HF.2010.044     Document Type: Article

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