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Article: Wood-cement compatibility of some Eastern Canadian woods by isothermal calorimetry.
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- Forest Products Journal
- Article date:
- October 1, 2004
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Abstract
The compatibility of five softwood species (white pine, jack pine, balsam fir, black spruce, tamarack), five hardwood species (aspen, sugar maple, yellow birch, white birch, American beech), and black spruce bark with type 10 Portland cement was evaluated with the aim of selecting those most suited for the manufacture of wood-cement composite panels, after seasonning. The experiments were performed by isothermal microcalorimetry. From the trend observed, sofwood species showed the greatest potential for the manufacture of wood-cement panels, with a compatibility factor higher than 40 percent; whereas the hardwood species had a compatibility factor lower ...