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Title Details: | |
Deterioration of wood in service and impacts on wood quality |
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Authors: |
Voulgaridis, Ilias |
Reviewer: |
Filippou, Ioannis |
Subject: | NATURAL SCIENCES AND AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > AGRICULTURAL SCIENCES > FOREST SCIENCE AND FOREST PRODUCTS > FORESTRY |
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Abstract: |
Chapter refers to biological and abiotic factors of wood deterioration and to the mechanism of action of each factor upon wood in service. The prerequisites under which wood is deteriorated by the action of fungi, wood attacking insects, bacteria and marine borers, and, also, by physical deteriorating factors (water, ultraviolet radiation, temperature, wind, mechanical and chemical factors) are presented. The three main wood rots (brown, white and soft rots) caused by rot fungi as well as the discolorations caused by stain fungi (mold fungi, sap stain or blue stain fungi) are described. A number of main species of wood attacking fungi, insects and marine borers are designated. A reference is made for the deterioration of archaeological wood that remained for long time fully dipped in water or buried inside the ground. At last, figures showing microscopic changes of wood structure due to deterioration are included and their effects on wood properties are presented.
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Technical Editors: |
Koutsianitis, Dimitrios |
Type: |
Chapter |
Creation Date: | 2015 |
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License: |
Attribution – NonCommercial – NoDerivatives 4.0 International (CC BY-NC-ND 4.0) |
Handle | http://hdl.handle.net/11419/5265 |
Bibliographic Reference: | Voulgaridis, I. (2015). Deterioration of wood in service and impacts on wood quality [Chapter]. In Voulgaridis, I. 2015. Quality and uses of wood [Undergraduate textbook]. Kallipos, Open Academic Editions. https://hdl.handle.net/11419/5265 |
Language: |
Greek |
Is Part of: |
Quality and uses of wood |
Publication Origin: |
Kallipos, Open Academic Editions |