Specialty treatments

Roger M. Rowell

Treesearch

Specialty treatments

Informally Refereed

Authors:

Roger M. Rowell

Year:

1999

Type:

General Technical Report

Station:

Forest Products Laboratory

Source:

Wood handbook : wood as an engineering material. Madison, WI : USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 1999. General technical report FPL ; GTR-113: Pages 19.1-19.14

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Abstract

Many specialty treatments can be applied to wood to either improve its performance or change its properties. Treatments addressed in this chapter are those that make permanent changes in the shape of a wood product, improvements in dimensional stability, or improvements in performance through combinations with nonwood resources.

Keywords

Composite boards, improved wood, plasticized wood, treatment, wood properties, stability, shape, bending

Citation

Rowell, Roger M. 1999. Specialty treatments. Wood handbook : wood as an engineering material. Madison, WI : USDA Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory, 1999. General technical report FPL ; GTR-113: Pages 19.1-19.14