Wood Modification: Chemical, Thermal and Other Processes

Foreword. Series Preface. Preface. List of Abbreviations. 1. The Use of Timber in the Twenty-first Century 1.1 Introduction. 1.2 Nonrenewables: a Finite and Exhaustible Resource. 1.3 Renewable Materials. 1.4 The Global Timber Resource. 1.5 Timber Production. 1.6 Wood Preservation. 1.7 Preservative-treated Wood and Legislation. 1.8 Competition from Nonrenewable Materials. 1.9 The Need for Wood Modification. 1.10 Conclusions. 2. Modifying the Properties of Wood. 2.1 Introduction. 2.2 Wood Properties and Wood Modification. 2.3 Wood Modification Methods. 2.4 The Cell Wall of Wood. 2.5 The Chemical Constituents of Wood. 2.6 The Wood-Water Relationship. 2.7 The Mechanical Properties of Modified Wood. 2.8 Modified…