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fiber saturation

Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-002477

The fiber saturation point is the stage in the drying or wetting of wood at which the cell walls are saturated and the cell cavities are free from water. It applies to an individual cell or group of cells, not to whole boards. It is usually taken as approximately 30% moisture content, based on ovendry weight.

Table 1. Record
IdentifierMLC-T-AGR-002477
FieldAgriculture and food
SubjectResearch, Technology, Methods
Synonymsfiber saturation point; fibre saturation
ReferencesForest Products Laboratory. 2010. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-190. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory; NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary
See alsowood properties
TranslationsSpanish: saturación de fibra
Record as JSON
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  "id": "MLC-T-AGR-002477",
  "term": "fiber saturation",
  "field": "Agriculture and food",
  "definition": "The fiber saturation point is the stage in the drying or wetting of wood at which the cell walls are saturated and the cell cavities are free from water. It applies to an individual cell or group of cells, not to whole boards. It is usually taken as approximately 30% moisture content, based on ovendry weight.",
  "synonyms": [
    "fiber saturation point",
    "fibre saturation"
  ],
  "subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
  "see_also": [
    "wood properties"
  ],
  "references": [
    "Forest Products Laboratory. 2010. Wood handbook - Wood as an engineering material. Gen. Tech. Rep. FPL-GTR-190. Madison, WI: U.S. Department of Agriculture, Forest Service, Forest Products Laboratory",
    "NAL Agricultural Thesaurus and Glossary"
  ],
  "translations": {
    "es": "saturación de fibra"
  },
  "url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/fiber-saturation/"
}

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