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Record Nr.

UNINA9910774836203321

Titolo

Wood modification in Europe : a state-of-the-art about processes, products and applications / / edited by Dennis Jones, Dick Sandberg, Giacomo Goli, Luigi Todaro

Pubbl/distr/stampa

Firenze : , : Firenze University Press, , 2019

Descrizione fisica

1 online resource (123 pages) : illustrations; digital, PDF file(s)

Collana

Proceedings e report ; ; 124

Disciplina

674.8

Soggetti

Wood products

Lingua di pubblicazione

Inglese

Formato

Materiale a stampa

Livello bibliografico

Monografia

Nota di bibliografia

Includes bibliographical references.

Nota di contenuto

Background . 1 -- COST and COST Action 1407  3 -- COST FP1407 . 4 -- Wood modification . 7 -- The reasons for wood modification 7 -- Principal mechanisms of wood modification . 8 -- Wood modification processes . 9 -- Chemical modification processes  9 -- Acetylation  10 -- Modification with DMDHEU  11 -- Furfurylation . 11 -- Resin impregnation/polymerisation .12 -- Modification with silicon compounds .12 -- Thermo-hydro-mechanical modification processes 13 -- Wood modification processes based on electromagnetic radiation (EMR) or plasma. 13 -- Research activities in wood modification .15 -- Wood modification in scientific publications 18 -- Industrial wood modification 21 -- Overview of current production levels 21 -- Uses of modified wood . 24 -- Performance of modified wood -- The BIO4ever project - how to convince people to use bio-based building materials?.27 -- Introduction 27 -- Modification technologies tested within the BIO4ever project 27 -- Performance of investigated samples 27 -- Acknowledgments . 28 -- Conclusion and outlook 29 -- References .30.

Sommario/riassunto

This report is a result of a questionnaire and subsequent collation of data, which outlines the current status of wood modification across Europe in terms of national inventories and groups that have reported current activity in the respective research areas covered in this report.