Drvna industrija, Vol. 70 No. 1, 2019.
Original scientific paper
https://doi.org/10.5552/drvind.2019.1762
Physical Properties of Juvenile and Mature Sycamore Maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) Wood from Medvednica Region
Tomislav Sedlar
; Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Tomislav Sinković
; Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Jelena Trajković
; Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Marin Hasan
; Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Iva Ištok
; Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Bogoslav Šefc
; Faculty of Forestry, University of Zagreb, Zagreb, Croatia
Abstract
Physical properties play an important role in predicting wood quality. The aim of this study was to investigate radial variations in physical properties of sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.) wood, to determine the border between juvenile and mature wood and to compare them with analogous variations in beech wood. Radial variation of density in absolutely dry condition, maximum density, nominal density, longitudinal, radial, tangential and volumetric shrinkage, maximum moisture content and annual ring width on five sycamore maple trees from Medvednica region in Croatia were determined. Observing the trend curves and comparing average values of physical properties, different zones in the cross section of the trunk were determined. In the first zone, from the pith to about 30th annual ring, more rapid changes in physical properties occurred. It is followed by transitional zone, which ranges roughly from 30th to 40th annual ring. After 40th annual ring, less pronounced changes in measured physical properties occurred. Sharp boundary between juvenile and mature wood zones could not be determined. According to the results, the first zone is considered to be juvenile wood, while mature wood starts after the 30th annual ring.
Keywords
sycamore maple (Acer pseudoplatanus L.); physical properties; radial variations; juvenile wood; mature wood
Hrčak ID:
217524
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Publication date:
26.3.2019.
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