Collapse in Some Eucalyptus After Treatment in Inorganic Salt Solutions

The work reported was designed to test the effect immersion in inorganic salt solutions on collapse in Eucalyptus camaldulensis and E. regnans. In addition, the relation between collapse and some chemical constitutents of the cell wall was explored by drying E. regnans wood extracted with sodium hydroxide and sodium chlorite. Collapse was increased markedly when the wood was affected chemically, but not when the effect was mainly physical. Loss of lignin and hemicellulose in basic solution also increased non-recoverable collapse.

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