DIMENSIONAL STABILITY AND WATER REPELLENT EFFICIENCY MEASUREMENT OF CHEMICALLY MODIFIED TROPICAL LIGHT HARDWOOD

Chemical modification is an often-followed route to improve physical and mechanical properties of solid wood materials. In this study five kinds of tropical light hardwoods species, namely jelutong (Dyera costulata), terbulan (Endospermum diadenum), batai (Paraserianthes moluccana), rubberwood (Heve...

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Main Authors: Md Saiful Islam, Sinin Hamdan, Mohamad Rusop, Md. Rezaur Rahman, Abu Saleh Ahmed, M. A. M. Mohd Idrus
Format: Article
Language:English
Published: North Carolina State University 2012-01-01
Series:BioResources
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Online Access:http://ojs.cnr.ncsu.edu/index.php/BioRes/article/view/BioRes_07_1_1221_Islam_HRRAMI_Dimen_Stabil_Water_Repell_Modified_Wood/1393