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2. Wood drying - Wikipedia

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   Air-drying timber stack. Wood drying (also seasoning lumber or wood seasoning) reduces the moisture content of wood before its use. When the drying is done in a kiln, the product is known as kiln-dried timber or lumber, whereas air drying is the more traditional method.

3. Wood-drying kiln - Wikipedia

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   Drying hops for brewing (known as a hop kiln or oast house) Drying corn (grain) before grinding or storage, sometimes called a corn kiln, corn drying kiln [8] Drying green lumber so it can be used immediately; Drying wood for use as firewood; Heating wood to the point of pyrolysis to produce charcoal; Extracting pine tar from pine tree logs or ...

4. Firewood - Wikipedia

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   The moisture content of firewood determines how it burns and how much heat is released. Unseasoned (green) wood moisture content varies by the species; green wood may weigh 70 to 100 percent more than seasoned wood due to water content. Typically, seasoned (dry) wood has 20% or less moisture content.

5. Wood preservation - Wikipedia

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   By going beyond kiln drying wood, heat treatment may make timber more durable. By heating timber to a certain temperature, it may be possible to make the wood fibre less appetizing to insects. By heating timber to a certain temperature, it may be possible to make the wood fibre less appetizing to insects.

6. Rubberwood - Wikipedia

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   Rubberwood has a dense grain that is easily controlled in the kiln drying process. Rubberwood has very little shrinkage, making it one of the more stable construction materials available for furniture, toys, and kitchen accessories. It is easily worked, and takes on stains uniformly. As with all hardwoods, rubberwood comes in varying degrees of ...

7. Peter Koch (wood scientist) - Wikipedia

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   A process for producing laminated beams, where the entire log or bolt of wood is utilized, regardless of undesirable properties in the lumber, (1971). [9] A process for steam straightening and kiln drying lumber, (1972). [10] A method for producing parallel laminated pine lumber from veneer, (1975). [11]