Wood-Water Relations
By: by Christen Skaar
Series: Springer Series in Wood Science; Springer series in wood science
Publisher: Springer Berlin Heidelberg
Published: 1988
Place of publication: Berlin, Heidelberg
Language: eng
Format: [electronic resource] /
Number of pages: 283
ISBN-13: 9783642736858; 9783642736834
Subjects: Botany; Life sciences; Agriculture; Surfaces (Physics); Forests and forestry
Description: This volume regards all aspects and effects water or moisture can have on the physical and chemical properties of wood. Various techniques used in the measurement of wood moisture content are described in detail. The evaluation of influences of environmental parameters as temperature, moisture or mechanical stress on the water content of wood as well as theoretical approaches to estimate those influences on the volumetric properties as shrinkage and swelling of wood are comprehensively treated. Special emphasis is laid on the discussion of electrical parameters in relation to structural and cellular conditions of wood due to water absorption.
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Table of contents: title: Wood Moisture and the Environment; title: Moisture Sorption Thermodynamics; title: Theories of Water Sorption by Wood; title: Hygroexpansion in Wood; title: Moisture Movement in the Wood Cell Wall; title: Electrical Properties of Wood; title: References; title: Subject Index; title: List of Symbols; title: List of Subscripts.