Mechanical properties thermally modified wood

This process uses a thermal treatment of wood impregnated with a chemically modified vegetable oil. It is claimed that wood treated using this process does not exhibit the usual reduction in mechanical properties associated with a thermal treatment. This process is at a pre-commercial pilot stage at the time of writing. 

V. Hristov and S. Vasileva. Dynamic mechanical and thermal properties of modified poly(propylene) wood fiber composites. Macromol. Mater. Eng., 2003, 288(10), 798-806. 

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