Wood Products: Thermal Degradation and Fire

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Abstract

Wood is a thermally degradable and combustible material. Beneficial applications range from a biomass providing useful, renewable, energy to a building material with unique properties. However, wood products can contribute to unwanted fires and even minor amounts of thermal degradation are known to adversely affect structural properties. On the other hand, certain levels of thermal degradation have also found use in special applications such as exterior claddings or improving tonal qualities of musical instruments. Therefore, understanding thermal degradation and the fire performance of wood can be critical to improving wood’s performance in multiple applications.

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Change History: April 2015. M. Dietenberger and L. Hasburgh introduced small edits in the text of the article, updated the sections titled ‘Thermal Degradation,’ ‘Kinetic Parameters of Wood Pyrolysis,’ and ‘Charring and Fire Resistance,’ included Figures 1 through 4, and updated the references.

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