Understanding Intra-Ring Checking in Pinus Radiata Wood

Name: Understanding Intra-Ring Checking in Pinus Radiata Wood
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ISBN: 9783843362542

ISBN-10: 3843362548

ISBN-13: 9783843362542

Edition: 2010

Authors: Hema Nair Ganguly

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Pinus radiata is the dominant plantation species of New Zealand. Sometimes it can develop wood quality flaw called intra-ring checking. The checks that appear in wood during kiln drying lower value of timber leading to loses for the forest industry. An exhaustive comparative study was conducted to see if the checked wood had some inherent properties that made it more susceptible to checking. It was found that checking could be influenced by tracheid geometry and cell wall thickness. If the wood had large tracheids with thin walls, it was more likely to develop checks during drying. Lignin distribution in the cell wall layers was also seen to play an important role in checking. Lower lignin…

Book details

List price: $82.00
Copyright year: 2010
Publisher: Lap Lambert Academic Publishing GmbH & Company KG
Binding: Paperback
Pages: 140
Size: 6.00" wide x 9.00" long x 0.33" tall
Weight: 0.484
Language: English