Acetylation of tropical hardwood species from forest plantations in Costa Rica: an FTIR spectroscopic analysis

Abstract Acetylation of softwoods has been largely investigated to increase the dimensional stability and biological resistance of wood. However, the knowledge of this technology has not been applied to tropical hardwood species up to date. The objective of this work was to study the effect of acety...

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Main Authors: Johanna Gaitán-Alvarez, Alexander Berrocal, George I. Mantanis, Róger Moya, Fabio Araya
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: SpringerOpen 2020-07-01
Series:Journal of Wood Science
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Online Access:https://doi.org/10.1186/s10086-020-01898-9