Woody biomass transportation costs and market values/costs are strongly correlated with the woody biomass moisture content. Properly managing moisture content can potentially lead to economic and environmental advantages in biomass energy markets. Good management requires accurate moisture content measurements. Therefore, availability of accurate, precise, reliable, and efficient tools to assess...
This report is one of a series issued in cooperation with the Army-Navy-Civil Committee on Aircraft Design Criteria under the supervision of the Aeronautical Board.
Douglas-fir (Pseudotsuga menziesii (Mirb.) Franco) ranging
from 9.6 to 14.3 inches diameter breast height were treated with
the organic arsenicals, monosodium methanearsonate (MSMA) and
cacodylic acid. Treatments were applied at monthly intervals from
February, 1967 to October, 1968, to ten to 25 trees each month.
Treated trees were sampled in...