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Holzforschung | 2013

Sorption isotherms of thermally modified wood

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

Sorption isotherms of waterlogged subfossil Scots pine wood impregnated with a lactitol and trehalose mixture

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

Sorption properties of mature and juvenile lime wood (Tilia sp.)

Jerzy Majka; Wiesław Olek


Journal of Cultural Heritage | 2016

Hygroscopic properties of PEG treated archaeological wood from the rampart of the 10th century stronghold as exposed in the Archaeological Reserve Genius loci in Poznań (Poland)

Wiesław Olek; Jerzy Majka; Agnieszka Stempin; Mateusz Sikora; Magdalena Zborowska


Bioresources | 2016

Effects of Cyclic Changes in Relative Humidity on the Sorption Hysteresis of Thermally Modified Spruce Wood

Jerzy Majka; Łukasz Czajkowski; Wiesław Olek


Archive | 2015

DETERMINATION OF SORPTION ISOTHERMS OF SCOTS PINE (PINUS SYLVESTRIS L.) WOOD STRANDS LOADED WITH MELAMINE-UREA-PHENOL- FORMALDEHYDE (MUPF) RESIN

Adam Derkowski; Jerzy Majka; Abstr Act


Drvna Industrija | 2012

The Effect of Residual Swelling after Drying on Internal Bond in OSB

Radosław Mirski; Jerzy Majka; Dorota Dziurka


Archive | 2012

THE INFLUENCE OF FAN SPEED REDUCTION ON AIRFLOW UNIFORMITY IN TIMBER STACK DURING KILN DRYING

Jerzy Majka; Abstr Act


Journal of Cultural Heritage | 2018

Dimensional stability and hygroscopic properties of PEG treated irregularly degraded waterlogged Scots pine wood

Jerzy Majka; Magdalena Zborowska; Mariusz Fejfer; B Waliszewska; Wiesław Olek


International Biodeterioration & Biodegradation | 2018

Dimensional stability and hygroscopic properties of waterlogged archaeological wood treated with alkoxysilanes

Magdalena Broda; Jerzy Majka; Wiesław Olek; Bartłomiej Mazela

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Magdalena Zborowska

University of Life Sciences in Poznań

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Bartłomiej Mazela

University of Life Sciences in Poznań

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