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Holzforschung | 2013
Wiesław Olek; Jerzy Majka; Łukasz Czajkowski
Abstract The hygroscopic properties of thermally modified wood have been studied in terms of adsorption and desorption processes. Poplar (Populus spp.) and European beech (Fagus sylvatica L.) were in focus. The obtained isotherms were parameterized with the models of Hailwood-Horrobin, Guggenheim-Anderson-deBoer, generalized D’Arcy and Watt, and Yanniotis and Blahovec. The changes in equilibrium moisture content (EMC) were quantified, and the accessibility of water vapor to the sorption sites was determined. The monolayer and multilayer sorption was studied and the sorption isotherms were classified. All sorption isotherms were type II, and the type was not changed after the modification. The monolayer sorption was found to be responsible for the reduction in EMC after thermal modification. The observed increase in the hysteresis coefficient was explained by the reorganization of the wood ultrastructure.
Holzforschung | 2017
Jerzy Majka; Leszek Babiński; Wiesław Olek
Abstract A waterlogged subfossil Scots pine wood, 12 500-years-old, was impregnated with a mixture of lactitol and trehalose as well as with polyethylene glycol (PEG) mixtures, respectively, and the sorption properties of the impregnated samples were determined. All the impregnated wood samples were freeze-dried. The sorption isotherms were parameterized with the Guggenheim-Anderson-deBoer (GAB) and Generalized D’Arcy and Watt (GDW) models. Better hygroscopic properties were found for wood impregnated with the lactitol and trehalose mixture as compared to the PEG treatments. An anomalous increase of equilibrium moisture content (EMC) was found for PEG treated wood at a high relative humidity (RH) as compared to untreated wood at RH<80%. The lactitol and trehalose mixture significantly reduced this effect due to the decreased sorption of polymolecular water. Another positive effect of the alternative method is the ca. 50% reduction of the sorption hysteresis as compared to untreated wood. Moreover, the hysteresis was also much lower in the case of high RH as compared to PEG treated wood. The alternative treatment is also effective in terms of the dimensional stabilization of decayed wood.
Folia Forestalia Polonica. Series B - Drzewnictwo | 2008
Jerzy Majka; Wiesław Olek
Journal of Cultural Heritage | 2016
Wiesław Olek; Jerzy Majka; Agnieszka Stempin; Mateusz Sikora; Magdalena Zborowska
Bioresources | 2016
Jerzy Majka; Łukasz Czajkowski; Wiesław Olek
Archive | 2015
Adam Derkowski; Jerzy Majka; Abstr Act
Drvna Industrija | 2012
Radosław Mirski; Jerzy Majka; Dorota Dziurka
Archive | 2012
Jerzy Majka; Abstr Act
Journal of Cultural Heritage | 2018
Jerzy Majka; Magdalena Zborowska; Mariusz Fejfer; B Waliszewska; Wiesław Olek
International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation | 2018
Magdalena Broda; Jerzy Majka; Wiesław Olek; Bartłomiej Mazela