EFFECT OF THERMO-MECHANICAL TREATMENT ON PROPERTIES OF PARICA PLYWOODS (Schizolobium amazonicum Huber ex Ducke)

ABSTRACT Thermo-mechanical treatment is a technique for wood modification in which samples are densified by means of heat and mechanical compression, applied perpendicularly to fibers, which under different combinations of time, temperature, and pressure increases wood density and thus improve some...

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Main Authors: Mírian de Almeida Costa, Cláudio Henrique Soares Del Menezzi
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: Sociedade de Investigações Florestais
Series:Revista Árvore
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Online Access:http://www.scielo.br/scielo.php?script=sci_arttext&pid=S0100-67622017000100115&lng=en&tlng=en