State of degradation in archeological oak from the 17th century vasa ship: Substantial strength loss correlates with reduction in (holo)cellulose molecular weight

Biomacromolecules

Volumn 13, Issue 8, 2012, Pages 2521-2527

  Bjurhager, Ingela ^a,b   Halonen, Helena ^a,c   Lindfors, Eva Lisa ^c   Iversen, Tommy ^a,c   Almkvist, Gunnar ^d   Gamstedt, E Kristofer ^a,b   Berglund, Lars A ^a  

^a ROYAL INSTITUTE OF TECHNOLOGY   (Sweden)

^b UPPSALA UNIVERSITY   (Sweden)

^c INNVENTIA AB   (Sweden)

^d SWEDISH UNIVERSITY OF AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES   (Sweden)

Author keywords

[No Author keywords available]

Indexed keywords

AFFECTED AREA; AVERAGE MOLECULAR WEIGHT; CELL WALLS; GOOD CORRELATIONS; HOLOCELLULOSE; IRON CONTENT; LOAD-BEARING; LONGITUDINAL TENSILE; MICROFIBRIL; MICROFIBRIL ANGLES; MOLAR MASS DISTRIBUTION; STOCKHOLM; STRENGTH LOSS; WOOD DENSITY; WOOD SAMPLES;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DEGRADATION; IMPREGNATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; WARSHIPS;

TENSILE STRENGTH;

ACID; ANTIOXIDANT; CARBOXYLIC ACID; CELLULOSE; IRON; LIGNIN; MACROGOL; ORGANOSULFUR DERIVATIVE;

ARCHEOLOGY; ARTICLE; BIOMECHANICS; CELL WALL; CHEMICAL BOND; CORROSION; ENZYME DEGRADATION; FIBER; HISTORY; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OAK; PH; PLANT CELL; PRIORITY JOURNAL; SHIP; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOOD;

ACETIC ACID; CELLULOSE; FORMATES; GLYCOLATES; HISTORY, 17TH CENTURY; HYDROGEN-ION CONCENTRATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; OXALIC ACID; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOLS; PRESERVATION, BIOLOGICAL; QUERCUS; SHIPS; TENSILE STRENGTH; WOOD;

CELLULOSE DERIVATIVES; DEGRADATION; IMPREGNATION; MOLECULAR WEIGHT; POLYETHYLENE GLYCOL; SWEDEN; TENSILE STRENGTH;

EID: 84864995089     PISSN: 15257797     EISSN: 15264602     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1021/bm3007456     Document Type: Article

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