Tracheids length as a predominant conifers cells type is an important determiner of many wood properties (e.g. wood strength). Commonly used tracheids length evaluation method involve maceration and then measuring by using microscope equipped with camera as well as computer microscope image analyzer. The main weakness of this conventional measuring way is time-consuming. The possible improvement may come from MorFi Compact Fiber and Shive Analyzer. This modern device enable to measure not only length of fibrous elements but also many others dimensional properties (Przybysz and Przybysz, 2016). It is effectively applied in paper industry, wood, rapeseed (González et al., 2013), hemp (Barbera, 2011) or bamboo pulp (Ma et al., 2011), providing complex analysis of the pulp. Achieving data is very quick and measurement reliability is satisfying. In this study an attempt has been made to apply MorFi Compact into the basic research of wood and some findings of the experiment have been presented.
Keywords: wood properties, Scots pine
Authors
Marta Górska
Poznań University of Life Sciences, Faculty of Wood Technology, Department of Wood Science
Poznań, Poland
Edward Roszyk
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