The limited penetration of wood by light explains why the weathering of wood exposed outdoors is a surface phenomenon...
Keywords: depth profile, FT-IR, photodegradation, sugi wood, ultraviolet radiation, violet light, visible light, wavelength
01/2007 | Holzforschung, Walter de GruyterThe effect of laser irradiation (Ar+ ion laser, 244 nm) on photodegradation of lignin in silver birch and rubberwood as hardwoods and spruce and chir pine as softwoods has been investigated by UV resonance Raman spectroscopy (UVRRS)...
Keywords: cellulose, lignin, photodegradation, quinone, resonance Raman spectroscopy, UV laser, UV resonance Raman spectroscopy (UVRRS), wood
03/2008 | Holzforschung, Walter de Gruyter