Characterization of moisture content and specific gravity of branchwood and stemwood of Aningeria robusta and Terminalia ivorensis |
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| Authors: | R. Okai K. Frimpong-Mensah D. Yeboah |
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| Affiliation: | (1) Forestry Research Institute of Ghana, University PO Box 63, Kumasi, Ghana e-mail: okai@forig.org, GH;(2) Department of Wood Science and Technology, Institute of Renewable Natural Resources, Kwame Nkrumah University of Science and Technology, Kumasi, Ghana, GH |
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| Abstract: | Aningeria robusta and Terminalia ivorensis of diameters ranging from 10 cm to 25 cm were examined. The following results were obtained: The overall (sapwood and heartwood combined) moisture contents of the branchwood of both Aningeria robusta and Terminalia ivorensis were significantly greater than those of their corresponding stemwood, with the branchwood of Terminalia ivorensis being the highest. It was also observed that the overall specific gravity of the branchwoods of both species was higher than that of the corresponding stemwood, with the branchwood of Aningeria robusta exhibiting the highest specific gravity. Detailed analyses of moisture content distribution and specific gravity of the heartwood and sapwood of Aningeria robusta and Terminalia ivorensis are also presented. |
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