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Properties of Veneered Southern Pine Low-Density Fiberboard from Hardwood Total-Tree Chips
Low-density fiberboard panels (25 and 35 pcf, OD weight and volume) of two thicknesses (3/8 and 3/4 in.) were made from total-tree hardwood chips without encountering processing difficulties. Composites with […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1977 |
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Properties of Wood from Improved and Intensively Managed Trees
A limited review of the literature was conducted concerning wood properties of improved trees grown under intensive management. It is concluded that differences between wood properties of trees from the […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1978 |
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Properties, Uses, and Production of Engelmann Spruce
A beetle epidemic in the northern Rocky Mountain area accelerated the marketing of Engelmann spruce. Utilization studies revealed that its mechanical properties, uses, machining properties, seasoning, and preservative treatment make […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1956 |
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Proposed: New Stress Values for the Coast White Woods
In 1956 heavy infestations of wooly aphis on Weyerhaeuser Co. tree farms focused attention on the Coast white woods, which are western hemlock (Tsuga heterophylla), Pacific silver fir (Abies amabilis), […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1960 |
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Prospective changes in forest products marketing
The history of the North American lumber industry is one of evolution and migration to new regions in search of timber. But sudden changes in the availability of softwood timber […]
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Hardwood Symposium Proceedings | 1993 |
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Prospects for the Southern Pine Plywood Industry
Liquidation of overmature pine stands and continued development of assured supplies may raise the South’s output of plywood to 6 billion square feet by the middle 1970’s. Rapid development of […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1970 |
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Prospects for U.S. Trade in Timber Products
This paper is the first in a series of four that examines U.S. timber product trade prospects and their Implications to the year 2030. For the United States, the period […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1980 |
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Prospects for U.S. Trade in Timber Products
This is the third paper in a series of four that examines U.S. trade prospects and their implications to the year 2030. Other than cross-border trade with Canada, future U.S. […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1980 |
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Prospects for U.S. Trade in Timber Products: Imports
This paper is the second in a series of four that examine U.S. trade prospects and their implications to the year 2030. The growth of U.S. imports of timber products […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1980 |
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Protecting Cutoff Tops of Douglas-Fir Piles from Decay
Along the Oregon coastline, unprotected cut-off tops of pressure-creosoted Douglas-fir piles rot within 4 years. When the unprotected wood exposed by cutting is brush-coated with creosote, piles are infected by […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1980 |
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Protection of Green Lumber During Solid-Piled Storage in California
A survey of lumber distributing firms revealed that, although fungal attack may be apparent on their stored stock, most such firms do not consider such attack to be a serious […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1980 |
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Proteinases as potential targets for new generation anti-sapstain chemicals
Disrupting nitrogen acquisition by targeted chemicals is a potential strategy for controlling fungal growth of sapstaining fungi in wood. Detailed analyses of pine and aspen sapwood confirmed that very little […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1997 |
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Pruning young-growth ponderosa pine: product recovery and economic evaluation
This report presents the results of a lumber recovery study recently completed on pruned and unpruned, young-growth ponderosa pine. The study included 98 pruned and 60 unpruned 16-foot sawlogs selected […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1991 |
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Pulp and Chemical Potential for Western Red Cedar Utilization
The low density of western redcedar and its stringy bark create a serious handicap for chemical utilization. Bark is deleterious to pulp quality. The wood is pulpable by either the […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1959 |
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Pulpwood Logging Developments in Eastern Canada
This paper describes the improvements in pulpwood logging techniques and the increasing mechanization of logging. The advance in training of the labor force together with improved living conditions and higher […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1947 |
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Quality and Strength Properties of Douglas-Fir Dried At High Temperatures
Studies of the kiln drying of Douglas-fir at high temperatures lead to the following conclusions: 1) The three influential factors, temperature, humidity, and drying time, as applied in the high […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1963 |
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Racking Resistance of Wall Components Constructed with Particleboard Decking
The racking resistance of wall components constructed with particleboard decking was evaluated. Variables included southern pine particleboard (urea- and phenolic-bonded decking), weathering condition (unweathered and weathered on an outdoor test […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1979 |
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Radiation Grafting of Vinyl Monomers to Wood
Ionizing radiation-initiated grafting of styrene in wood was accomplished. Retentions of up to 90 percent and antishrink efficiencies of up to 70 percent were obtained with an aqueous dioxane-styrene solution. […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1962 |
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Random Sampling Process for Improving Lumber Cut-Up Recovery
A patented process was developed for a very cost-effective and reliable method of improving lumber cut-up recovery. It normally includes the following steps: 1) treating, with a normally invisible indicator, […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1984 |
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Rapid Determination of Wood Fuel Moisture Content Using a Microwave Oven for Drying
A method of determining moisture content (MC) of wood fuel using a microwave oven for drying the wood was evaluated by drying paired samples of five different wood fuel types […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1982 |
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Rapid Evaluation of Glue Joints in Laminated Timbers
Specimens of 6 by 6 inches in cross section and 1, 2, and 3 inches long along the grain were taken from laminated beams of Douglas-fir and white oak glued […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1964 |
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Rapid Measurement of Tracheid Cross-Sectional Dimensions of Conifers
An instrument has been developed that allows anatomical measurements to be made directly on the surface of a wood specimen that has received no special treatment other than hand smoothing […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1965 |
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Rate of Loading Adjustment for Proof Testing of Lumber in Tension
Tension proof loading of truss lumber could provide practical, economic benefits to several industries. One implementation difficulty is that current allowable design stresses are tied to tests conducted at a […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1986 |
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Rate of Loading Effect on Tensile Strength of Wood Parallel to Grain
Rate of loading experiments with matched specimens of western hemlock, 1 1/4 by 2 inches in cross section and six feet long showed that loading rate had no significant effect […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1973 |
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Rate of loading effects on strength of lumber
Standards committees, lumber manufacturers, researchers, and structural engineers often need to interrelate strength test results obtained within a range of time periods varying from a few seconds to several hours. […]
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Forest Products Journal | 1993 |