Department of Forest and Wood Science, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa
Meincken, M., Department of Forest and Wood Science, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa; Smit, N.H., Department of Forest and Wood Science, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa; Steinmann, D., Department of Forest and Wood Science, University of Stellenbosch, Private Bag X1, Matieland, Stellenbosch 7602, South Africa
Burnt wood has been found to perform different from sound (green) wood when dried together, but also with regards to other physical and mechanical properties. In this study the drying performance of wood burnt to different degrees in recent plantation fires was investigated, and the physical, chemical and wood anatomical properties of these different wood types were determined. Different cell structure and chemical composition due to thermal degradation could be observed as well as different drying performance and variation in mechanical properties. An explanation for the deviant drying performance was attempted with the observed structural changes. © 2009 Springer-Verlag Zusammenfassung.
Anatomical properties; Burnt wood; Cell structure; Chemical compositions; Drying performance; Physical and mechanical properties; Plantation fires; Structural change; Thermal degradations; Wood types; Drying; Fabrics; Wood; Mechanical properties; Anatomy; Drying; Fabric; Forests; Mechanical Properties; Physical Properties; Wood