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dc.creatorBoonstra,M.J
dc.creatorRijsdijk,J.F
dc.creatorSander,C
dc.creatorKegel,E
dc.creatorTjeerdsma,B
dc.creatorMilitz,H
dc.creatorvan Acker,J
dc.creatorStevens,M
dc.date2006-01-01
dc.date.accessioned2019-04-25T12:44:00Z
dc.date.available2019-04-25T12:44:00Z
dc.identifierhttps://scielo.conicyt.cl/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0718-221X2006000300007
dc.identifier.urihttp://revistaschilenas.uchile.cl/handle/2250/61462
dc.descriptionHeat treatment of wood is an effective method to improve the dimensional stability and durability against biodegradation. Optimisation of a two-stage heat treatment process at relatively mild conditions (<200°C) and its effect on the anatomical structure of hardwoods were investigated by means of a light and scanning electron microscopic analysis. Hardwood species such as beech and poplar, were predominantly sensitive to collaps of the vessels and some deformation of the libriform fibres directly near the vessels. In treated beech and birch radial cracks were observed near the rays. Optimisation of the heat treatment process conditions including the application of a steam hydro thermolysis stage reduced such damages to a minimum. Broken cell walls perpendicular to the fibre direction resulting in transverse ruptures has been noticed in heat treated hardwood species. This contributes to abrupt fractures of treated wood as observed in bending tests which can lead to considerably different failure behavior after impact of mechanical stress. In some treated hardwood species maceration (small cracks between tracheids) was noticed after heat treatment. Heat treatment did not reveal damage to the ray parenchyma pit membranes, bordered pits and large window pit membranes; and the margo fibrils appeared without damage
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dc.languageen
dc.publisherUniversidad del Bío-Bío
dc.relation10.4067/S0718-221X2006000300007
dc.rightsinfo:eu-repo/semantics/openAccess
dc.sourceMaderas. Ciencia y tecnología v.8 n.3 2006
dc.subjectWood modification
dc.subjectheat treatment
dc.subjecthardwood
dc.subjectmicroscopy
dc.titleMICROSTRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF HEAT TREATED WOOD: PART 2. HARDWOODS


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