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MICROSTRUCTURAL AND PHYSICAL ASPECTS OF HEAT TREATED WOOD. PART 1. SOFTWOODS

Maderas: Ciencia y Tecnología, 2006
Heat treatment of wood is an effective method to improve the dimensional stability and durability against biodegradation. Optimisation of a two-stage heat treatment process at relatively mild conditions (
M.J Boonstra, J.F Rijsdijk, C Sander, E Kegel, B Tjeerdsma, H Militz, J Van Acker, M Stevens   +7 more
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Resolving Canada-U.S. Trade Disputes in Agriculture and Forestry: Lessons from Lumber [PDF]

Prominent trade disputes between Canada and the U.S. involve agriculture and forestry, with lack of transparency caused by Canadian non-market institutions a source of U.S. objections.
Kurt Niquidet, G. Cornelis van Kooten, Susanna Laaksonen-Craig, Jeffrey Biggs   +3 more
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Introduction: The Softwood Lumber Dispute [PDF]

, 2001
softwood lumber ...
Herman, Lawrence L.
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Light propagation in dry and wet softwood

, 2008
Light propagation in dry and wet softwood (silver fir) was investigated experimentally and theoretically. The spatially and time resolved reflectance from softwood was measured.
F. FOSCHUM, D'ANDREA, COSIMO, PIFFERI, ANTONIO GIOVANNI, A. KIENLE, TARONI, PAOLA   +4 more
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Strength prediction of recovered softwood beams for structural reuse

, 2013
In order to help reduce society's impact on the environment, the research described in this paper considers the reuse of structural softwood members recovered from demolished buildings.
Smith, Melanie, Bull, J., Underwood, Chris, Morris, T.   +3 more
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Combustion Performance of Commonly Used Softwood Species Glulam in Timber Structures

Buildings
Wood is a renewable and sustainable environmentally friendly building material. With proper design, it can help buildings achieve lower carbon emissions.
Yinglu Zhang, Siyu Xue, Tianxiao Yin, Jun Dai, Yanjun Duan, Dan Zhu   +5 more
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An Evaluation of Canadian and U.S. Policies of Log and Lumber Markets [PDF]

The recent lumber trade war between Canada and the United States deals with Canadian stumpage policies, Canada’s log export controls, and U.S. retaliatory duty. This study determines the appropriate level of U.S.
Devadoss, Stephen
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Sandblasting Wood as a Technique of Simulated Weathering

Applied Sciences
While most efforts are aimed at preventing the surface roughening and colour change of wood due to weathering, some customers, mainly for decorative reasons, want wooden objects and elements to give the impression that they have been weathered for a long
Marko Petrič, Luka Albreht, Eli Keržič, Jaka Levanič, Matjaž Pavlič, Jernej Skerbiš   +5 more
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EFFICIENCY OF FOREST COMMODITY FUTURES MARKETS [PDF]

Market efficiency and unbiasedness tests are performed for the first time for three forest commodity futures markets: softwood lumber, oriented strand board (OSB), and northern bleached softwood kraft pulp (NBSK).
Holt, Matthew T., He, Dequan
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Precipitation of Lignin from Softwood Black Liquor: An Investigation of the Equilibrium and Molecular Properties of Lignin

BioResources, 2015
Extracting lignin from black liquor is an attractive option in modern pulp mills as a unit process for a combined biorefinery. The lignin obtained can be utilized as solid fuel or other high-value added products.
Weizhen Zhu, Hans Theliander
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