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Maleic anhydride (MA) is a cyclic anhydride which can form an ester bond with wood constituents. Previous studies showed that maleated wood improved dimensional stability and fungal resistance (Matsuda et …
Year: 2020
Tags: maleic anhydride (MA), sodium hypophosphite (SHP), wood modification
Authors:Due to ever-increasing awareness of resource sufficiency, climate change mitigation and circularity of materials, many industrial sectors, including paints & coating industry, are looking for novel solutions for replacement of …
Year: 2020
Authors:Cellulose is present in the cell walls of wood in the form of partially crystalline microfibrils, with a thickness of 2–3 nm. Lateral aggregation of the microfibrils into bundles, also …
Year: 2020
Tags: cellulose, microfibril, wood structure
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Wheat straw has been used for a number of applications such as a bioabsorbent for waste water treatment (Sun 2010) and as a composite material reinforcement (Panthapulakkal et al. 2006). …
Year: 2020
Authors:Wood is a hygroscopic material that absorbs and exchanges water molecules with the surrounding environment if it is exposed to water vapour or liquid water. Water molecules within the wood …
Year: 2020
Tags: moisture content, water sorption
Authors:In wood, water is taken up both in cell walls and as capillary water in macro voids such as cell lumina and pit chambers. Because of the relatively large dimensions …
Year: 2020
Tags: degradation, moisture, water potential
Authors:Siberian larch (Larix sibirica Ledeb.) has been cultivated in Northern Europe, i.e. outside its natural range of distribution since 1738 (Redgo and Mälkönen 2001). Currently there are plenty of planted …
Year: 2020
Authors:Wooden utility poles are used to carry power and telephone lines and are made of preservative treated timbers. The service life of a wooden utility pole is dependent on many …
Year: 2020
Tags: fungal degradation, hyperspectral NIR imaging, Scots pine
Authors:Wooden products exposed to variable climates are strongly affected by the levels of moisture content (MC) in the material. Under favourable temperatures and MC close to the fibre saturation point …
Year: 2020
Authors:The European ForestValue project CLICKdesign brings together into a unique single software tool diverse models and performance databases associated with decay and integrity, aesthetic function and termite performance. The basis …
Year: 2020
Tags: durability, material resistance
Authors:In recent years, large-dimensional structural timber elements are highly demanded for the construction of high-rise timber buildings as well as large-span structures (Peñaloza, 2017). However, long-span wooden products are not …
Year: 2020
Tags: glulam glued laminated timber, mechanical properties, timber-steel hybrid structure
Authors:Airtightness of building envelope has become an important property of building envelope. The building envelope is locally sensitive to exfiltration airflow, as moisture convection could cause a remarkable increase in …
Year: 2020
Tags: air permeability, cross-laminated timber (CLT), moisture, thermal insulation materials
Authors:“How should we build today to be able to circulate tomorrow?” This is one of the main questions theInFut UReWood Project (Innovative Design for the Future – Use and Reuse …
Year: 2020
Tags: circular economy, demolition, reuse
Authors:Wood is ecological building and interior design material which stores carbon even when used in construction. Therefore, it’s use in construction can be increased sustainably. Achieving the goal of sustainable …
Year: 2020
Authors:Plywood is one of the earliest produced engineered wood products (EWP). It consists of an uneven number of thin veneers, glued together with the grain direction of adjacent veneers perpendicular …
Year: 2020
Tags: birch plywood, mechanical properties, tensile strength
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