In recent years, the utilization potential of hardwoods has been a focus of wood research in German-speaking countries. Several building authority approvals for hardwood engineered wood products (EWP) resulted from …
Wood bonding with adhesives is a vast industry and business, and the market of wood adhesives was some 2 million tons in 2015 (Anon., 2015). The current main stream of …
The goal of this research is to study the properties of composite materials where birch false heartwood is used as filler material and suggest an economically suitable use for birch …
Both biotic and abiotic factors contribute to wood degradation. The biotic factors cover microbial activity which by a variety of enzyme systems is capable of deconstructing wood cell walls, whereas …
It is well known that knots can reduce the strength of timber, and the selection of “critical section” for testing to EN 408 and EN 384 is typically based on …
Pre-pressing veneers to activate cold tack of urea-formaldehyde-(UF)-resin is essential in plywood production to ensure the veneer layers fit into the openings of a hot-press. Several studies on the cold …
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 …
Phytoremediation is a proven technology for many organic and inorganic pollutants (Pi-lon-Smits, 2005). Although previously trees were perceived as less effective than hyper-accumulative herbaceous plants, they appear to be very …
Cellulose is the most abundant biopolymer, however, its full potential has yet to be reached since 3% is only utilized (Onwukamike et al., 2018). The long-term goal is to replace …
