Reducing depletion of western redcedar extractives from wood in service

USDA Forest Service - General Technical Report PNW-GTR

Volumn , Issue 828, 2010, Pages 87-91

  Stirling, Rod ^a   Morris, Paul I ^a  

^a FPINNOVATIONS   (Canada)

Author keywords

Durability; Extractives; Fixatives; Leaching; Western redcedar

Indexed keywords

CATION; CONIFEROUS TREE; DETOXIFICATION; LEACHING; MOBILITY; POLYMER; TANNIN; WOOD; ZIRCONIUM;

THUJA PLICATA;

EID: 78650454222     PISSN: 08874840     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: None     Document Type: Article

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