RT Journal Article
SR Electronic
A1 Dejmal, Aleš
A1 Šrajer, Jan
A1 Hrázský, Jaroslav
T1 Determination of density profiles of unevenly compressed wood of Populus tremula using the X - RAY DENSE - LAB laboratory device
JF Acta Universitatis Agriculturae et Silviculturae Mendelianae Brunensis
YR 2014
VO 57
IS 5
SP 71
OP 78
DO 10.11118/actaun200957050071
UL https://acta.mendelu.cz/artkey/acu-200905-0009.php
AB The paper deals with the measuring of the density profile of unevenly pressed wood of European aspen (Populus tremula L.). The main aim of the work is to examine in an experimental way the possibilities of using the X - RAY DENSE - LAB laboratory equipment designed for the determination of density profiles of agglomerated and plied large-area materials. The work uses the X - RAY DENSE - LAB equipment to determine the density profile of the cross-section of unevenly pressed aspen wood, plasticized hydrothermically, without the presence of chemical substances. The work also presents calculations of the level of compression/densification in dependence on the density and it describes the factors that can influence the density profile of compressed/densified wood; at the same time, it presents the possible ways to determine the density profile in the cross-section. Further, it includes the creation of the methodology for sample preparation so that the results do not get distorted during measuring. It describes the preparation of sample pieces, the orientation of the anatomic structure, the methodology of pressing, air conditioning, sample preparation, their measuring and analysis. The paper also describes the theory and the principles of measuring with use of X - RAY DENSE - LAB and its calibration. The paper analyses the obtained results of density profiles and searches for and describes the causes of the uneven distribution of the density in the cross-section. It concludes by summarizing the results and recommending the procedure for future measuring.