Liquid penetration of precompressed wood, 7: Combined treatment of precompression and extraction in hot water on the liquid penetration of wood

The object of this study was to determine the cause of differences in the improvement in liquid penetration of precompressed wood species. The maximum amount of water uptake by the capillary rise method and changes in the aspirated pits seen with scanning electron microscopy before and after of pree...

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Published in:Journal of wood science 2002-02, Vol.48 (1)
Main Authors: Iida, I. (Kyoto Prefectural Univ. (Japan). Faculty of Agriculture), Yusuf, S, Watanabe, U, Imamura, Y
Format: Article
Language:English
Subjects:
CRYPTOMERIA JAPONICA
IMPROVED WOOD
LIQUIDS
SOFTWOOD
WOOD PROPERTIES
WOOD TECHNOLOGY
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Summary:The object of this study was to determine the cause of differences in the improvement in liquid penetration of precompressed wood species. The maximum amount of water uptake by the capillary rise method and changes in the aspirated pits seen with scanning electron microscopy before and after of preextraction and precompression were investigated using heartwood samples of four softwoods. The height of penetration and the weight by the capillary rise method for preextractive wood powders are discussed. Three wood species and Larix leptolepis showed marked increases in the amount of solution uptake after precompressed treatment only. Larix leptolepis wood required compression after extraction by boiling in water. These differences among wood species were caused by the accumulation of extractive material. It was also recognized that the accumulative material in Larix wood has plasticity and that in Pseudotsuga is brittle. Based on these results it was found that it is difficult to destroy aspirated pits in the former and easy in the latter. On the other hand, the difference in penetration of each wood species was caused by the quantity and qualitv of the extraction material in addition to the extent of the wettability of the surface of the cell cavity as well as aspirated pit.
ISSN:1435-0211
1611-4663