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Diagnosis of Wood Condition

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Conservation of Wood Artifacts

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Abstract

Diagnostic investigations of wood have the following objectives:

  1. 1.

    Accurate determination of its properties,

  2. 2.

    Recording of the degree and extent of defects and damages,

  3. 3.

    Characterization of the nature and intensity of damage,

  4. 4.

    Determination of the cause of defects and damages,

  5. 5.

    Monitoring remedial treatments.

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    Dr. rer. nat. Achim Unger

  2. Forest Products Laboratory, University of California at Berkeley, 1301 South 46th Street, 94804-4698, Richmond, CA, USA

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Unger, A., Schniewind, A.P., Unger, W. (2001). Diagnosis of Wood Condition. In: Conservation of Wood Artifacts. Natural Science in Archaeology. Springer, Berlin, Heidelberg. https://doi.org/10.1007/978-3-662-06398-9_7

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