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Research article - Peer-reviewed, 2012

Historical wood - structure and properties

Nilsson, Thomas; Rowell, Roger

Abstract

To understand what has happened to a historic wooden object, it is important to understand the wood structure and the chemistry of the original wood as well as the structure and chemistry of the historic wood. With this information, it is possible to understand the degradation that has occurred over time. With this knowledge, it is also possible to describe a possible method of conservation and preservation. (C) 2012 Elsevier Masson SAS. All rights reserved.

Keywords

Archaeological wood; Historic wood; Wood structure; Wood properties; Wood decay

Published in

Journal of Cultural Heritage
2012, volume: 13, number: 3, pages: S5-S9
Publisher: ELSEVIER FRANCE-EDITIONS SCIENTIFIQUES MEDICALES ELSEVIER

Authors' information

Nilsson, Thomas
Swedish University of Agricultural Sciences, Faculty of Forest Sciences
Rowell, Roger
SP Technical Research Institute of Sweden
Rowell, Roger
University of Wisconsin Madison

UKÄ Subject classification

Wood Science

Publication Identifiers

DOI: https://doi.org/10.1016/j.culher.2012.03.016

URI (permanent link to this page)

https://res.slu.se/id/publ/118078