DENSITY OF WOOD SUBSTANCE AND POROSITY OF WOOD
DENSITY OF WOOD SUBSTANCE AND POROSITY OF WOOD
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木材密度和木材孔隙率
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2010
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Frederick Duniap
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作者:
Frederick Duniap
The investigation the results of which are presented in this paper was made to determine the density of the lignocellulose which makes up the walls of the cells of which wood is composed as a basis for calculating the porosity of wood. The density of a block of wood differs from that of the lignocellulose of which it is built up, because wood is a porous structure and is not a homogeneous solid. Lignocellulose has a density greater than unity and sinks in water; blocks of wood float, especially when dry, because the air they contain buoys them up. The volume of a block of wood is thus made up of two parts, a framework of lignocellulose and a large number of small cavities inclosed in the former. The cavities may be occupied by a variety of fluids, incrusting materials, and solid substances. The ratio of the sum of the volumes of these cavities to the volume of the entire block is the measure of the porosity of the wood. The volume of the entire block is readily ascertained (by submersion, for example), so that the determination of porosity resolves itself into a determination of the volume of the cavities. The volume of the cavities may be measured directly by filling them with a fluid of known density; actually such measurements have never met with entire success. The same result can also be reached indirectly by determining the density of the wood substance and then calculating its volume in a block of wood; the difference between the gross volume of the block and the volume of the solid substance is the volume of the cavities. RELATION TO TECHNICAL PROBLEMS