wood density
Term · Agriculture and food · MLC-T-AGR-006843
As usually applied to wood of normal cellular form, density is the mass per unit volume of wood substance enclosed within the boundary surfaces of a wood-plus-voids complex. It is variously expressed as pounds per cubic foot, kilograms per cubic meter, or grams per cubic centimeter at a specified moisture content.
| Identifier | MLC-T-AGR-006843 |
|---|---|
| Field | Agriculture and food |
| Subject | Research, Technology, Methods |
| 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 |
| See also | wood physical properties; wood volume; wood volume loss; close-grained wood; coarse-grained wood |
| Translations | Spanish: densidad de la madera |
Record as JSON
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"definition": "As usually applied to wood of normal cellular form, density is the mass per unit volume of wood substance enclosed within the boundary surfaces of a wood-plus-voids complex. It is variously expressed as pounds per cubic foot, kilograms per cubic meter, or grams per cubic centimeter at a specified moisture content.",
"subject": "Research, Technology, Methods",
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"wood physical properties",
"wood volume",
"wood volume loss",
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"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"
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"translations": {
"es": "densidad de la madera"
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"url": "https://mlchart.com/terminology/agriculture/wood-density/"
}
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