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Universidad del Bío Bío
2023
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- Effect of microwave treatment on drying and water impregnability of Pinus pinaster and Eucalyptus globulus Fernando Júnior Resende Mascarenhas Alfredo Manuel Pereira Geraldes Dias André Luis Christoforo Rogério Manuel dos Santos Simões André Eduardo Palos Cunha Agrociencias Pinus Eucalyptus water uptake microwave treatment Compression strength Wood is a material that has been used by humankind for a long time. However, wood researchers and industry have always been concerned about the issues during wood drying and the permeability problems of certain species. In this sense, microwave technology has been applied for wood drying and improving permeability. This paper investigates the microwave drying of two Portuguese wood species, Pinus pinaster sap and heartwood, and Eucalyptus globulus heartwood using small clear specimens. The samples were grouped into six during each microwave treatment run according to their similarity of initial moisture content. Once the drying was completed, control and microwave-treated samples were impregnated with desalinated water to analyze their improvement in water absorption, and the compression strength parallel to the grain was analyzed. The results showed that each wood species behaves differently under microwave drying and initial moisture content. The impregnation results demonstrated that pine and Eucalyptus microwave-treated heartwood samples improved their capability to absorb water. Finally, only the microwave-treated specimens of Eucalyptus heartwood presented a decrease in the values of compression strength parallel to the grain compared to the control group. Therefore, MW treatment presents possibilities for further applications for the wood industry with supporting results. 2023 artículo científico 0717-3644 https://www.redalyc.org/articulo.oa?id=48575202006 https://www.redalyc.org/journal/485/48575202006/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/485/48575202006/html/ https://www.redalyc.org/journal/485/48575202006/48575202006.epub https://www.redalyc.org/journal/485/48575202006/movil 10.4067/s0718-221x2023000100406 en http://www.redalyc.org/revista.oa?id=485 Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología application/pdf Universidad del Bío Bío Maderas. Ciencia y Tecnología (Chile) Vol.25