Possibility of using non-destructive spectrophotometery to detect the poplar tension wood and spruce compression wood in freshly cut and dried timbers

Frozan, Zinab; Taremian, Asghar; Gerar, Janin

doi:10.22092/ijwpr.2012.109599

Document Type : Research Paper

Authors

¹ MSc. student, Department of Wood and Paper Science & Technology, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran.

² Assistant Professor, Department of Wood and Paper Science & Technology, Faculty of Natural Resources, University of Tehran

³ Senior director research , CRF - INRA, 54280 Champenoux , France

https://doi.org/10.22092/ijwpr.2012.109599

Abstract

In this study, the potential use of spectrophotometery and CIELAB technique was evaluated to detect reaction woods, including poplar tension wood and spruce compression wood. Thus, two trees of spruce ( Picea abies) and poplar (Populous nigra) containing reaction wood were cut from a forest belonging to ENGREF (the National Engineering School of Forestry close to Nancy in France). Then, the parameters of lightness (L*) and reflectance (R) were measured in the reaction and normal wood regions in the green and dry conditions. The results showed that in the green condition, the spruce compression wood had less lightness than the normal wood and the lightness of compression wood increased as a result of drying. Difference between the lightness and reflectance parameters of two types of reaction woods and those of their corresponding normal woods was significant in the green condition. Consequently, it can be concluded that the macroscopically detection of reaction wood is easier in the green condition than in the dry one.

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Iranian Journal of Wood and Paper Science Research

Possibility of using non-destructive spectrophotometery to detect the poplar tension wood and spruce compression wood in freshly cut and dried timbers

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Volume 27, WINTER 4 - Serial Number 41
December 2012
Pages 568-753

Possibility of using non-destructive spectrophotometery to detect the poplar tension wood and spruce compression wood in freshly cut and dried timbers

References

References

Volume 27, WINTER 4 - Serial Number 41December 2012Pages 568-753

Volume 27, WINTER 4 - Serial Number 41
December 2012
Pages 568-753