A major consumer concern regarding lumber in above-ground exposure such as decking is the poor dimensional stability that leads to warping, splitting, and checking...
Keywords: abietic acid, checking, cupping, decay resistance, dimensional stability, fatty acids, mold, resin acids, southern pine sapwood, tall oil rosin (TOR), water repellent
05/2007 | Holzforschung, Walter de GruyterFT-NIR spectroscopy equipped with a fiber optic probe was used to predict the mass loss caused by a brown-rot fungus (
Keywords: durability, extractives, Folin-Ciocalteu, Grading, near infrared spectroscopy, partial least square (PLS) regression, resin acids, stilbenes
05/2008 | Holzforschung, Walter de Gruyter