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Plywood has essentiahy equal stability in both panel directions and is almost as stable as the parent wood in the direction of the wood grain. Strength properties in bending are roughly proportional in each panel direction to the amount of wood in those layers closest to the surface which are parahel to the wood grain direction. Thus as the number of phes increases, these bending properties become more equalized in both panel directions. 

As a tree grows, the cells are produced in concentric lamella in the cambium layer, which is between the bark and the wood. In the spring, when moisture is plentiful and the tree is growing rapidly, the tracheid cell wall is thin (3—4 -lm) and the hoUow center or lumen is relatively large (26—43 p.m). 

Total Dissolved Solids (TDS)—Over 5,000 ppm can adversely affect thermal performance and may be detrimental to wood in the alternately wet/dry areas of the tower. 

Henningsson, B. and Jermer, J., Studies on Corrosion of Metallic Obiects in Contact with Preservative-Treated Wood in the Open, Report No. 144, Swedish Wood Preservation Institute, Stockholm (1982)... 

Methanol is also formed as a byproduct when charcoal is made by heating wood in the absence of air. For this reason, it is sometimes called wood alcohol. Methanol is used in jet fuels and as a solvent, gasoline additive, and starting material for several industrial syntheses. It is a deadly poison ingestion of as little as 25 mL can be fatal. The antidote in this case is a solution of sodium hydrogen carbonate, NaHC03. 

The movement of water through a solid, such as wood, in the absence of chemical reaction, is described by the following time-dependent diffusional equation. 

Besant, Annie Wood. In the outer court. Madras Theosophical Publishing House, 1895. 164p. 

Hypericum erectum Thunb., or otogirisou (Japanese), is an herb of grassy places and thin woods in the hills and mountains of Japan, Korea, and China. The plant is a lithe herb with decussate leaves and yellow flowers (Fig. 17). In Japan, the juice expressed from the leaves is used to heal cuts and sooth bruises. A decoction of the fruits is used to stop bleeding. In Vietnam and Cambodia, a paste of the aerial parts is applied to dog... 

Under appropriate conditions, dichloroethylene, previously thought to be nonflammable, can cause a fire hazard [1], Addition of a hot liquid to the cold solvent caused sudden emission of sufficient v apour to cause a flame to flash back 12 m from a fire. Although the bulk of the solvent did not ignite, various items of paper and wood in the room were ignited by the transient flame [2],... 

As an example, we shall discuss the interstellar synthesis of a compound which is produced on Earth in millions of tons per year methanol. This simplest alcohol was obtained by Robert Boyle in 1661 from the dry distillation of wood. In the molecular clouds of the universe, it is likely that hydrogenation of CO on the surface of dust particles occurs according to the following scheme (Tielens and Charnley, 1997) ... 

In the United States, about 80% of the 23 million kg of technical PCP produced annually — or about 46% of worldwide production — is used mainly for wood preservation, especially utility poles (Pignatello etal. 1983 Kinzell etal. 1985 Zischke etal. 1985 Choudhury etal. 1986 Mikesell and Boyd 1986 USPHS 1994). It is the third most heavily used pesticide, preceded only by the herbicides atrazine and alachlor (Kinzell et al. 1981). Pentachlorophenol is a restricted-use pesticide and is no longer available for home use (USPHS 1994). Before it became a restricted-use pesticide, annual environmental releases of PCP from production and use were 0.6 million kg to the atmosphere from wood preservation plants and cooling towers, 0.9 million kg to land from wood preservation use, and 17,000 kg to aquatic ecosystems in runoff waters of wood treatment plants (USPHS 1994). There are about 470 wood preservative facilities in the United States, scattered among 45 states. They are concentrated in the South, Southeast, and Northwest — presumably due to the availability of preferred timber species in those regions (Cirelli 1978). Livestock facilities are often constructed of wood treated with technical PCP about 50% of all dairy farms in Michigan used PCP-treated wood in the construction of various components of livestock facilities (Kinzell et al. 1985). The chemical is usually applied to wood products after dilution to 5% with solvents such as mineral spirits, No. 2 fuel oil, or kerosene. More than 98% of all wood processed is treated with preservative under pressure about 0.23 kg of PCP is needed to preserve 1 cubic foot of wood (Cirelli 1978). Lumber treated with PCP retains its natural appearance, has little or no odor, and can be painted as readily as natural wood (Wood et al. 1983). 

Osweiler, G.D., B. Olesen, and G.E. Rottinghaus. 1984. Plasma pentachlorophenol concentrations in calves exposed to treated wood in the environment. Amer. Jour. Veterin. Res. 45 244-246. 

Spearpoint, M J. and Quintiere, J.G., Predicting the ignition and burning rate of wood in the cone calorimeter using an integral model, Masters Thesis, Department of Fire Protection Engineering, University of Maryland, 1999. 

The walnut tree produces wood that is used for countless purposes, and is considered the finest wood in the world. The wood is easy to work with, yet it is very hard and durable—and when it is polished, it produces a rich, dark luster. It also shrinks and swells less than any other wood, which makes it especially desirable for fine furniture, flooring, and even gun stocks. 

Further insight into the decomposition of sugars which precedes formation of humic substances has been supplied by Saeman.85 Investigating the hydrolysis of wood in the temperature range 170-190°C. with... 

Many models have been developed that deal with the sorption properties of wood in the presence of moisture these have been discussed in a number of works (e.g. Skaar, 1972 Siau, 1984). They can be approximately divided into sorption models, such as the Brunauer-Emmett-Teller (BET) model, or solution models (such as the Hailwood-Horrobin, H-H, model). The sigmoidal shapes of sorption or desorption isotherms can be deconvoluted into two components. These are often taken to represent a monomolecular water layer (associated with the primary sorption sites, OH groups), and a multilayer component where the cell wall bound water molecules are less intimately associated with the fixed cell wall OH groups. 

The development of furfurylation began with the research by Alfred J. Stamm at the Forest Products Laboratory in Madison, Wisconsin, in the 1950s. This led on to an industrialization of the process, with production in the USA of furfurylated wood in the mid-1960s. Products included laboratory bench tops, pulp mixer rotorblades and knife handles. However, commercial production had ceased by the early 1970s. 

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