Sectioning Refractory Woods for Anatomical Studies.

B. F. Kukachka

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Sectioning Refractory Woods for Anatomical Studies.

Informally Refereed

Authors:

B. F. Kukachka

Year:

1977

Type:

Research Note

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

(Research note FPL ; 0236):9 p.

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Abstract

Describes a new technique for softening wood, using a 4 percent solution of ethylenediamine; a shortcut method for removing silica and crystalline materials with hydrofluoric acid; a method for rapidly neutralizing wood blocks which have been treated with hydrofluoric acid; and a method for maintaining the flatness of sections through staining, dehydration, and clearing. Methods described are applicable to wood with a specific gravity in excess of 0.75.

Keywords

Sectionin, Silic, Hydrofluoric aci, Specific gravit, Refractory wood, Wood density, Ethylenediamin, Swelling agents

Citation

Kukachka, B. F. 1977. Sectioning Refractory Woods for Anatomical Studies. (Research note FPL ; 0236):9 p.