Moisture sorption and swelling of Norway spruce [Picea abies (L.) Karst.] impregnated with linseed oil

Wood Material Science and Engineering

Volumn 5, Issue 3-4, 2010, Pages 135-142

  Fredriksson, Maria ^a   Wadsö, Lars ^a   Ulvcrona, Thomas ^b  

^a LUND UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^b SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Dimensional stability; Impregnation; Linseed oil; Moisture sorption; Picea abies; Wood

Indexed keywords

EQUILIBRIUM MOISTURE CONTENTS; FINAL MOISTURE CONTENT; LINSEED OIL; MOISTURE SORPTION; NO REDUCTION; NORWAY SPRUCE; PICEA ABIES; PICEA ABIES (L.) KARST; RELATIVE HUMIDITIES; SORPTION EXPERIMENTS; SORPTION ISOTHERMS; SPRUCE SPECIMENS; SWELLING RATES; UNIMPREGNATED; WATER SATURATIONS;

ATMOSPHERIC HUMIDITY; DRYING OILS; ELECTRIC COILS; HUMIDITY CONTROL; IMPREGNATION; MOISTURE; MOISTURE DETERMINATION; OILSEEDS; SORPTION; SWELLING;

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY;

EID: 78649533073     PISSN: 17480272     EISSN: 17480280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480272.2010.484102     Document Type: Article

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