Use of glass transition temperature for stabilization of board's cracks of Eucalyptus grandis



Document title: Use of glass transition temperature for stabilization of board's cracks of Eucalyptus grandis
Journal: Anais da Academia Brasileira de Ciencias
Database: PERIÓDICA
System number: 000329534
ISSN: 0001-3765
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Institutions: 1Universidade Estadual Paulista "Julio de Mesquita Filho", Faculdade de Ciencias Agronomicas, Botucatu, Sao Paulo. Brasil
Year:
Season: Sep
Volumen: 82
Number: 3
Pages: 791-797
Country: Brasil
Language: Inglés
Document type: Artículo
Approach: Analítico, descriptivo
English abstract The Eucalyptus grandis logs temperatures were determined and correlated with the board's cracks during steaming. Thermocouples were inserted in the logs center, registering their temperatures during steaming at 90"C. The logs were sawed and the board's cracks measured. It was concluded that: (1) the logistic S-shaped curve explains the logs temperature variation; (2) the logs with diameter of 20 to <25, 25 to <30 and 30 to <35 cm presented, respectively, 84.2"C, 73.1"C and 45.8"C in the steaming; and (3) the cracks lengths significantly decreased in logs that reached the glass transition temperature
Portuguese abstract As temperaturas em toras de Eucalyptus grandis, durante a vaporização, foram determinadas e correlacionadas com as rachaduras das tábuas. Nos centros das toras foram inseridos termopares e registradas suas temperaturas durante a vaporização à 90"C. As toras foram desdobradas e as rachaduras das tábuas mensuradas. Concluiu-se que: (1) o modelo estatístico sigmoidal logístico explica a variação da temperatura nas toras; (2) as toras com 20 a <25, 25 a <30 e 30 a <35 cm de diâmetro apresentaram, respectivamente, 84,2"C, 73,1"C e 45,8"C ao final da vaporização; e (3) as rachaduras foramsignificativamente menores nas toras que atingiram a temperatura de transição vítrea
Disciplines: Física y astronomía,
Agrociencias
Keyword: Física,
Silvicultura,
Fisicoquímica y química teórica,
Eucalyptus grandis,
Temperatura,
Transición vítrea
Keyword: Physics and astronomy,
Agricultural sciences,
Physics,
Silviculture,
Physical and theoretical chemistry,
Eucalyptus grandis,
Temperature,
Glass transition
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