Primary Wood Processing
Subtitle: Principles and practice
By: by J. C. F. Walker, B. G. Butterfield, J. M. Harris, T. A. G. Langrish, J. M. Uprichard
Contributors: Butterfield, B. G.; Harris, J. M.; Langrish, T. A. G.; Uprichard, J. M.
Publisher: Springer Netherlands
Published: 1993
Place of publication: Dordrecht
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] :
Number of pages: 595
ISBN-13: 9789401581127; 9789401581103
Subjects: Civil engineering; Life sciences; Surfaces (Physics); Forests and forestry
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Table of contents: title: From the contents Preface; title: 1. The structure of wood: form and function; title: 2. Basic wood chemistry and cell wall ultrastructure; title: 3. Water in wood; title: 4. Dimensional instability in timber; title: 5. Wood quality: in context; title: 6. Wood quality: multifaceted opportunities; title: 7. Sawmilling; title: 8. Drying of timber; title: 9. Wood preservation; title: 10. Grading timber and glued structural members; title: 11. Wood-based composites: plywood and veneer-based products; title: 12. Wood-based panels: particleboard, fibreboards and oriented strand board; title: 13. Pulp and paper manufacture; title: 14. The energy sector: a hidden goliath; title: References; title: Index.