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The influence of moisture content on the flexural strength of styrene-polymerized wood
Eastern white pine (Pinus strobus L.) and sugar maple (Acer saccharum Marsh.) were impregnated and polymerized with a vinyl monomer and tested for flexural strength in the ovendried and air-dried […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1988 |
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The Influence of Prefreezing and Cold Water Extraction on the Shrinkage of Wood
Prefreezing with dry ice reduced the radial shrinkage of 4/4 black walnut 20 percent, and tangential shrinkage about 10 percent. These reductions developed almost entirely after average moisture content dropped […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1969 |
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The Influence of Production Variables on Quality of Southern Pine Plywood
Laboratory plywood panels, 3/8 inch by 1 foot by 1 foot, were made using a variety of conditions and a standard phenolic adhesive consisting of 25.3 percent resin solids and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1970 |
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The Influence of Temperature on Creep in Wood
Creep and creep recovery tests in bending were conducted on eastern white pine, western redcedar, and sugar maple. Six specimens from each species were all side-matched and machined to 1 […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1962 |
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The Kreibaum Process for Extruded Core Board
Discusses history and operation of a vertical extrusion process for manufacturing core stock developed by Otto Kreibaum of Germany in 1947. The wood may be either softwood or hardwood, or […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1955 |
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The Physical Properties of 101 Chinese Woods
Information is given on the physical properties of important Chinese woods. This is probably the first time that compiled data of 101 Chinese species have been presented in English. Included […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1962 |
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The Regulation of Aeration in Wood Soil Contact Culture Technique
The aerobic nature of most wood-destroying fungi requires suitable ventilation within the culture jars to permit passage of the gaseous products accompanying the decay process. By placing a glass vent-tube […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1953 |
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The Relationship Between Crook of Green and Seasoned Yellow-Poplar 2 by 4’s
Crook of each piece of a sample of 294 8-foot 2 by 4’s sawed from logs from second-growth yellow-poplar trees was measured in the green condition immediately after sawing and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1986 |
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The Relationship Between Gamma Ray Absorption and Wood Moisture Content and Density
It is known that a relationship exists between monoenergetic gamma ray attenuation and density. This study was initiated with the objective of determining whether this relationship is sensitive enough to […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1961 |
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The Relationship Between the Cutting Properties of Wood and Its Physical and Mechanical Properties
The validity of the postulate that the indentation phase of cutting in a plane perpendicular to the grain may be terminated by failure in tension parallel to the grain, has […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1962 |
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The Shrinkage Intersection Point–Its Significance and the Method of Its Determination
The shrinkage intersection point is defined as the moisture content at which the extended linear portion of the shrinkage-moisture content curve intersects the line of zero shrinkage. Practical importance of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1956 |
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The Sorption of Water Vapor by Domestic and Tropical Woods
The sorption of water vapor by Picea glauca, Tilia americana, Sequoia sempervirens, and Calophyllum brasilliense was measured in a glass apparatus which was initially placed under a vacuum. The pieces […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1957 |
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The Steam Bending of Beech
Owing to the inherent tendency of beech to check upon drying, care is required in the handling of beech logs and lumber prior to steaming or boiling. Losses as high […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1952 |
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The strength of wood chips attachment to storage walls caused by freezing
In cold climates, wet comminuted wood fuels sometimes freeze to walls and other surfaces during cold storage. This is well known. However, few studies have examined the relationship between the […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1996 |
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The Transverse Shrinkage of Wood
Small green specimens of beech were subjected to drying temperatures of from 25 to 100?C with EMC controlled to provide a slow drying rate and a fast drying rate. Tangential […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1963 |
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Thermal and Moisture Gradient Exposure Unit
The construction and use of “Glidden thermal and moisture gradient units” (GTMG units) is discussed. The GTMG units are small enclosures which produce exposures and accelerated weathering results more nearly […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1965 |
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Thermodynamics of Water Sorption By Wood
A literature review and analysis of the thermodynamics of sorption. Particular emphasis is placed on swelling pressure, the sorption isotherm, heat of sorption, specific heat of wood, and thermal expansion […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1968 |
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Thickness Loss in Hot-Pressed Plywood
Thickness losses in plywood panels during hot-pressing are well known but recent trends toward gluing at higher veneer moisture content (MC) and press temperature result in losses much greater than […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1983 |
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Thickness, Moisture Content, and Specific Gravity of Inner and Outer Bark of Some Pacific Northwest Trees
Availability of several studies made of thickness and percentage of bark is noted. Recent work involving inner and outer bark of 13 conifers and six hardwoods used commercially in British […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1971 |
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Timber in Modern Construction
Exhaustive coverage is made of the use of wood in heavy construction. First, wood is compared to other structural materials, particularly steel, with regard to fire resistance, strength properties, and […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1953 |
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Time to Dry 2-, 3-, and 4-Inch S4S Southern Pine At 240 F. as Related to Board Width
Southern pine dried at a dry-bulb temperature of 240?F and a wet-bulb temperature of 160?F with air cross-circulated at 1,000 f.p.m, attained 10 percent moisture content when kilned 11 or […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1974 |
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Time-Related Flexural Behavior of Small Douglas-Fir Beams Under Prolonged Loading
The mechanical behavior of wood depends to a considerable degree on the conditions under which mechanical forces are imposed. Wood exhibits both elastic and viscous deformation characteristics and this aspect […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1963 |
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Tolerances and Precision in Machining of Wood
Wood, a material of plant origin, is variable. These variations in wood affect the tolerances of manufacture. Manufacturing tolerance was studied by using micrometers to measure piece-after-piece processed by a […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1951 |
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Transpirational Drying of Red Oaks, Sweetgum, and Yellow-Poplar in the Upper Piedmont of Georgia
Red oaks (Quercus spp.), sweetgum (Liquidambar styraciflua L.), and yellow-poplar (Liriodendron tulipifera L.) were felled in late July and allowed to lie at the stump for up to 8 weeks […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1986 |
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Treatability of Young-Growth Redwood
Young-growth redwood lumber was treated with a waterborne chromated copper arsenate (CCA) preservative in a 2 percent solution, using a full-cell, pressure-treating process. The boards were treated in the green […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1986 |