title: The effects of heat treatment on some technological properties of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.) wood.
abstract: Heat treatment is often applied to wood species to improve their dimensional stability. This study examined the effect of heat treatment on certain mechanical properties of Scots pine (Pinus sylvestris L.), which has industrially high usage potential and large plantations in Turkey. Wood specimens obtained from Bolu, Turkey, were subjected to heat treatment under atmospheric pressure at varying temperatures (120, 150 and 180 degrees C) for varying durations (2, 6 and 10h). The test results of heat-treated Scots pine and control samples showed that technological properties including compression strength, bending strength, modulus of elasticity in bending, janka-hardness, impact bending strength and tension strength perpendicular to grain suffered with heat treatment, and increase in temperature and duration further diminished technological strength values of the wood specimens.
authors.affiliation: Düzce University, Faculty of Forestry, 81620, Düzce, Turkey. suleymankorkut@hotmail.com
authors.forename: Süleyman
authors.initials: S
authors.lastname: Korkut
authors.forename: Mehmet
authors.initials: M
authors.lastname: Akgül
authors.forename: Turker
authors.initials: T
authors.lastname: Dündar
mesh_terms: D001272:Atmosphere; D018533:Biomass; D001709:Biotechnology / Q000295:instrumentation / Q000379:methods*; D019245:Compressive Strength; D017753:Ecosystem; D004548:Elasticity; D006358:Hot Temperature; D008422:Materials Testing; D008956:Models, Chemical; D041605:Pinus sylvestris; D013696:Temperature; D013718:Tensile Strength; D013997:Time Factors; D014934:Wood