Wood and Wood Fiber Characteristics: Moisture, Biological, Thermal and Weathering

Lignocellulosic Fibers and Wood Handbook: Renewable Materials for Today's Environment

Volumn , Issue , 2016, Pages 7-48

  Rowell, Roger M ^a,b,c  

^a FOREST PRODUCTS LABORATORY   (United States)

^b UNIVERSITY OF WISCONSIN MADISON   (United States)

^c EcoBuild   (Sweden)

Author keywords

Ants; Beetles; Decay; Dimensional stability; Fungi; Marine; Mechanism; Moisture; Pyrolysis; Repellency; Swelling; Ultraviolet; Weathering; Wood

Indexed keywords

DIMENSIONAL STABILITY; FUNGI; MECHANISMS; MOISTURE; POLYMER MATRIX COMPOSITES; PYROLYSIS; SWELLING; WEATHERING;

ANTS; BEETLES; DECAY; MARINE; REPELLENCY; ULTRAVIOLET;

WOOD;

EID: 85026715870     PISSN: None     EISSN: None     Source Type: Book    
DOI: 10.1002/9781118773727.ch2     Document Type: Chapter

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