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What is the role of the accessibility of wood hydroxyl groups in controlling moisture content?

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It has often been claimed that the equilibrium moisture content (EMC) of wood is controlled by the available hydroxyl group content and their accessibility, but this has not been proven. In the present study, the accessibility of the hydroxyl groups were analysed by deuterium exchange in a dynamic vapour sorption apparatus, and generally poor correlation with the EMC and hydroxyl group accessibility was found. Therefore, the role of the accessibility of wood hydroxyl groups in relation to exerting sole influence on the EMC is disputable. It is concluded that there has to be an additional mechanism to exercise control over the EMC in addition to hydroxyl group accessibility.

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  1. Forest Products Research Institute, Joint Research Institute for Civil and Environmental Engineering, School of Engineering and the Built Environment, Edinburgh Napier University, 10 Colinton Road, Edinburgh, EH10 5DT, UK

    Lauri Rautkari & Callum A. S. Hill

  2. Department of Forest Products Technology, School of Chemical Technology, Aalto University, P. O. Box 16400, 00076, Aalto, Finland

    Lauri Rautkari

  3. The BioComposites Centre, Bangor University, Bangor, Gwynedd, LL57 2UW, UK

    Simon Curling & Graham Ormondroyd

  4. Forest Research Institute Malaysia, 52109, Kepong, Selangor, Malaysia

    Zaihan Jalaludin

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Rautkari, L., Hill, C.A.S., Curling, S. et al. What is the role of the accessibility of wood hydroxyl groups in controlling moisture content?. J Mater Sci 48, 6352–6356 (2013). https://doi.org/10.1007/s10853-013-7434-2

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