Color changes of wood and wood-based materials due to natural and artificial weathering

Wood Material Science and Engineering

Volumn 8, Issue 1, 2013, Pages 13-25

  Rüther, Petra ^a,b   Jelle, Bjørn Petter ^a,b  

^a NORWEGIAN UNIVERSITY OF SCIENCE AND TECHNOLOGY   (Norway)

^b SINTEF   (Norway)

Author keywords

Acceleration factor; artificial weathering; color changes; mold growth; natural weathering

Indexed keywords

ACCELERATION FACTORS; ARTIFICIAL WEATHERING; COLOR CHANGES; MOLD GROWTH; NATURAL WEATHERING;

LABORATORIES; MOLDS; SUN; WEATHERING;

COLORIMETRY;

EID: 84874468669     PISSN: 17480272     EISSN: 17480280     Source Type: Journal    
DOI: 10.1080/17480272.2012.696699     Document Type: Article

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