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Environmental effects on heartwood extractive content and their consequences for natural durability in Douglas-fir and western redcedar

Creator:

Taylor, Adam McVaugh, 1969-

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Heartwood can have properties that are distinct from sapwood, including resistance to insect and microbial attack. Despite the practical importance of heartwood formation in trees, a review of the literature revealed that little was known about the effects of environmental factors on heartwood quality or how variations in heartwood properties...

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Dissertation

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managers grow trees that will meet society's needs for high-quality wood products. This objective of this
Pressure measurement in wood as a method to understand impregnation processes : conventional and supercritical carbon dioxide

Creator:

Schneider, Philip F.

Abstract:

Two approaches to improving wood treatability include the modification of pressure schedules during conventional liquid treatments and the use of supercritical fluids (SCFs). In both of these techniques, pressure differences are important for transporting materials into wood. The level of pressure and its change during SCF treatments are also important...

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Dissertation