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Chemical changes during the production of thermo-treated beech wood

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Thermal treatments of beech wood with different temperature loads on the wood cause characteristic changes in the chemical composition. The determination of specific changes was carried out by means of suitable methods, both wet chemical and instrumental analyses. It could be confirmed that in addition to the degradation of polyoses, lignin, known as the thermally most stable compound, shows significant thermal alterations too.

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Special thanks are due to Prof. Dr. Bernhard Zimmer (FH Salzburg) for providing the wood samples and in particular to Astrid Thönnißen at Wood Research Munich for performing part of the chemical analyses.

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    Elisabeth Windeisen, Claudia Strobel & Gerd Wegener

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Windeisen, E., Strobel, C. & Wegener, G. Chemical changes during the production of thermo-treated beech wood. Wood Sci Technol 41, 523–536 (2007). https://doi.org/10.1007/s00226-007-0146-5

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