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Studies on hygroscopic moisture transport in Norway spruce (Picea abies) Part 1: Sorption measurements of spruce exposed to cyclic step changes in relative humidity

Part 1: Sorption measurements of spruce exposed to cyclic step changes in relative humidity

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) have been exposed to repetitive daily and weekly step changes in relative humidity with the surrounding temperature at an approximate constant level. The results show that the moisture sorption is a two-step sorption process with the major change in moisture content in the first fast initial part. The major part of the moisture change happens within a relatively short period of time. No significant phase lag has been observed for neither transverse nor longitudinal specimens up to 10 mm thickness. The moisture change in absorption is slightly different from the moisture change in desorption. Curves in absorption and desorption for specimens with both transverse and longitudinal direction are rather similar in shape.

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wurden im Wechselklima mit täglichen und wöchentlichen Feuchtezyklen bei konstanter Umgebungstemperatur ausgesetzt. Der Sorptionsvorgang erwies sich als zweistufiger Prozeß, wobei die hauptsächliche Feuchteänderung in einer anfänglichen raschen Stufe erfolgt. Eine signifikante Phasenverzögerung konnte nicht beobachtet werden, weder für quergeschnitte noch für longitudinale Proben bis 10 mm Dicke. Die Feuchteänderung bei der Adsorption unterscheidet sich geringfügig von der bei der Desorption. Die Sorptionskurven für Quer- und Längsproben haben einen sehr ähnlichen Verlauf.

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Time, B. Studies on hygroscopic moisture transport in Norway spruce (Picea abies) Part 1: Sorption measurements of spruce exposed to cyclic step changes in relative humidity. Holz als Roh- und Werkstoff 60, 271–276 (2002). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00107-002-0303-3

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