Concise Encyclopedia of Wood and Wood-Based Materials

Name: Concise Encyclopedia of Wood and Wood-Based Materials
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ISBN: 9780262192897

ISBN-10: 0262192896

ISBN-13: 9780262192897

Edition: 1989

Authors: Arno P. Schniewind

List price: $160.00

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The Concise Encyclopedias draw relevant articles from the Encyclopedia of Materials Science and Engineering, the only complete reference work in this rapidly developing field. Where necessary, articles have been revised and new articles have been commissioned to provide current accounts of the most recent developments in each area. Copublished with Pergamon Press. All aspects of wood as a material are covered extensively in this concise encyclopedia, including descriptions of the major commercial wood species of the world, the availability and the economics of timber resources, fundamental properties and behavior, factors causing deterioration and their control, and the principal methods…

Book details

List price: $160.00
Copyright year: 1989
Publisher: MIT Press
Publication date: 9/22/1989
Binding: Hardcover
Pages: 374
Size: 7.50" wide x 10.25" long x 1.00" tall
Weight: 1.936
Language: English



A Selection of Articles: Acoustic emission and acousto-ultrasonic characteristics


Acoustic properties


Archaeological wood


Bamboo


Biotechnology in wood processing


Building with wood


Chemical composition


Coconut wood


Cork


Density and porosity


Design with wood


Deterioration by insects and other animals during use


Fire and wood


Future availability


Glued laminated timber


Hardboard and insulation board


History of timber use


Lignin-based polymers


Lumber: Types and grades


Macroscopic anatomy


Paper and paperboard


Particleboard and dry-process fiberboard


Plywood


Protective finishes and coatings


Rattan and cane


Resources of timber worldwide


Stringed instruments: Wood selection


Shrinking and swelling


Surface chemistry


Thermal degradation


Timbers of Africa


Timbers of Europe


Timbers of the Far East


Ultrastructure


Weathering


Wood-polymer composites


Index


800 lit


refs


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100 illus