Thermal modification of African alpine bamboo Mass loss, chemical composition and impact resistance

Published Date
November 2016, Volume 74, Issue 6, pp 901–903

Brief Original

First Online: 

23 August 2016

DOI: 10.1007/s00107-016-1092-4

Cite this article as: 

Starke, R., Rosenthal, M., Bues, CT. et al. Eur. J. Wood Prod. (2016) 74: 901. doi:10.1007/s00107-016-1092-4

Author 

• Robert StarkeEmail author
• Michael Rosenthal
• Claus-Thomas Bues
• Martina Bremer
• Steffen Fischer

Abstract 

Within the temperature range from 160 to 220 ∘${}^{}$C, an increase of 20 K doubled the mass loss of thermally modified African alpine bamboo (Yushania alpina). It reflected the decomposition of hemicelluloses and correlated with the deterioration of impact resistance. The treatment temperatures had a stronger effect than the time of modification.

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