Effect of thermal modification by hot pressing on performance properties of paulownia wood boards

Industrial Crops and Products

Volumn 45, Issue , 2013, Pages 461-464

  Candan, Zeki ^a   Korkut, Suleyman ^b   Unsal, Oner ^a  

^a ISTANBUL UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

^b DUZCE UNIVERSITY   (Turkey)

Author keywords

Hot pressing; Paulownia wood boards; Performance properties; Thermal modification; Vertical density profile

Indexed keywords

END-USE PROPERTIES; HARDNESS TEST; HARDNESS VALUES; LOW DENSITY; PERFORMANCE PROPERTIES; PRESSURE AND TEMPERATURE; SURFACE DENSITY; SUSTAINABLE MANAGEMENT; THERMAL MODIFICATION; THERMALLY COMPRESSING; THICKNESS SWELL; TREE SPECIES; VALUE ADDED PRODUCTS; VERTICAL DENSITY PROFILES; WOOD BOARDS; WOOD MATERIALS;

HARDNESS; HOT PRESSING;

WOOD;

DECIDUOUS TREE; EVERGREEN TREE; HEATING; NATURAL RESOURCE; PERFORMANCE ASSESSMENT; PHYSICAL PROPERTY; SUSTAINABILITY; TEMPERATURE EFFECT; VERTICAL PROFILE; WOOD QUALITY;

BUILDING BOARDS; HARDNESS; HOT PRESSING; PAULOWNIA; PERFORMANCE; THERMAL EFFICIENCY; WOOD;

EUCALYPTUS; PAULOWNIA; POPULUS;

EID: 84873252333     PISSN: 09266690     EISSN: None     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1016/j.indcrop.2012.12.024     Document Type: Article

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