Evaluation of factors that have an influence on the fixation of chitosan in wood

Wood Material Science and Engineering

Volumn 1, Issue 3-4, 2006, Pages 135-148

  Larnøy, Erik ^a   Eikenes, Morten ^a   Militz, Holger ^b  

^a NORWEGIAN INSTITUTE OF BIOECONOMY RESEARCH   (Norway)

^b Institute of Wood Biology and Wood Technology   (Germany)

Author keywords

Chitosan; Fixation; Impregnation; Molecular weight

Indexed keywords

EID: 79751535289     PISSN: 17480272     EISSN: 17480280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480270701200562     Document Type: Article

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