Aspen Wood Anatomy and Fluid Transport

Authors

  • W. R. Perng
  • K. I. Brebner
  • M. H. Schneider

Keywords:

Aspen wood, flow, diffusion, anatomy, tyloses, wood-polymer combinations, extractives, <i>Populus</i>, treatability, impregnation, permeability

Abstract

Measurements of vinyl monomer impregnation, air permeability, moisture diffusion, and extractives content were made on the wood of two aspen trees from northern New Brunswick. The anatomy of the same wood was studied using the scanning electron microscope. There was high extractives content in the core, and tyloses were present in the core and heartwood. These caused the fluids to move with progressively greater difficulty from sapwood to heartwood to core.

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Published

2007-06-27

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Number 2 / April 1985

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Research Contributions

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