Sorption-related characteristics of surface charred spruce wood
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A1 Alkuperäisartikkeli tieteellisessä aikakauslehdessä
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2018-10-24
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Materials, Volume 11, issue 11
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Surface charring of wood is a one-sided thermal modification process that can be used to create a hydrophobic, durable surface to exterior claddings. Spruce (Picea abies L.) wood samples were charred with a hot plate and several time-temperature combinations while using simultaneous surface compression. Temperature profile, water sorption, cupping after water exposure and density profile were measured. Furthermore, changes in the microstructure and surface functional groups were investigated by scanning electron microscopy and photoacoustic FT-IR spectroscopy. Results show that surface charring notably improves the hydrophobicity measured by contact angle, water floating and dynamic vapour sorption. Increased holding time during charring reduced the sorption but at the same time increased the dimensional instability measured by cupping. The density profile showed a shifting density peak with more severe modification regimes, indicating a more porous surface. The PAS-FTIR showed increased aromaticity of the surface that was also present in the pyrolysis zone beneath the surface in samples modified with longer holding time. Higher modification temperature affected the sorption as well as cupping positively but it is possible similar results can be obtained with lower temperature and longer holding time.Description
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Char, Surface modification, Thermal modification, Wood, Wood char
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Kymäläinen, M, Turunen, H, Čermák, P, Hautamäki, S & Rautkari, L 2018, ' Sorption-related characteristics of surface charred spruce wood ', Materials, vol. 11, no. 11, 2083 . https://doi.org/10.3390/ma11112083