Improvements in stability, durability and mechanical properties of radiata pine wood after heat-treatment in a vegetable oil

Radiata pine is a major plantation grown wood in the Southern hemisphere, but has inferior dimensional stability and low durability compared to other commercial species and the improvement of these features is the focus of this thesis. Specifically this thesis examines the dimensional stability, d...

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Main Author: Dubey, Manoj Kumar
Language:en
Published: University of Canterbury. School of Forestry 2010
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Online Access:http://hdl.handle.net/10092/3856