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General Index 



Design stresses, 780 

 Dialectric constant, 671, 686 

 Dialectric power factor, 671, 686 

 Diffuse porous 



definition, 212 



illustration of, 265-267, 269, 272 



species list, 213 

 Diflfusivity, thermal, 693, 1221 

 Digestibility of wood and bark, 3228 

 Dimensions of 



fibers and vessels in wood, 305-342, 

 347-350 



fibers in root wood and rootbark, 

 1313-1319 



leaves, 1349 



roots, 1141-1161 



six-inch pine-site hardwoods, 50, 

 1141-1161, 1434 

 Dimension stock, 2581 see also Cuttings 



edge-glued core stock, 2582 

 Discolored wood, 230, 658, 671 



detection, 669 



differences from heartwood, 234 



electrical resistance, 235 



mineral content, 235, 451 



moisture content, 235 



photo induced, 671 



pH, 235 



significance, 667 

 Diseases of trees, 818 



root rots, 834 



shakes, 836 



trunk rots, 819 



wilts, diebacks, and declines, 835 

 Disk refining, 2239, 2759, 3122 



atmospheric, 2760 



high-consistency, 2768 



refiner selection, 2769 

 Dissolving pulp, 3140 

 Double-end tenoners, 2126 

 Dowel manufacture, 1898, 2074 

 Down milling, 1828 

 Doyle log scale, 3251 

 Drought resistance of hardwoods, 194 

 Drying, 2312 



Boulton drying, 2478 



costs, 2322, 2335, 2378, 2415 



definitions, 2319 



degrade and defects, 2322, 2343, 2396, 

 2429, 2434, 2442 chemical methods to 

 prevent checking, 2452 



energy required, 2318, 2381, 1444 



kiln operational considerations, 2408 



mechanism of drying, 635 



of commodities 



bacterially infected lumber, 2372, 



2402 

 chips, 2359 

 cuttings and dimension stock, 2335, 



2406, 2451 

 crossties, 2340, 2347, 2364, 2408, 



2428, 2478-2480, 2491, 2492 

 felled trees, 2356 

 fiber mats, 2443, 2798, 2806, 3112, 



3115 

 flakes, particles, and fibers, 2443, 



2824, 2839, 2927 

 fuelwood, 2356, 2359 

 lumber, 2320, 2363, 2367, 2368, 



2378, 2384, 2402, 2408, 2416 

 planks and thick lumber, 2406, 2408 

 posts and poles, 2350 

 rounds, 2376, 2406 

 squares, 2335, 2403, 2405 

 trees, 2356 



veneer, 2408, 2431,2447 

 predrying treatments, 241 1 

 precompression, 2412 

 prefreezing, 2413 

 steaming, 2411 

 processes for 



air drying, 2320 

 Boulton drying, 2478 

 chemical methods to prevent , 



checking, 2452 

 conditioning for preservative 



treatment, 2476-2480, 2492 

 definitions, 2319 

 forced-air fan predrying, 2362 

 heated low-temperature drying, 



2365 

 high-frequency and microwave 



drying, 2450 

 high-temperature drying, 2416, 



2431 

 kiln drying, conventional, 2382, 



2408 

 low-temperature drying with 



dehumidifiers, 2379 

 minor drying methods (hot liquids, 



vapors, solvents), 2451 

 press drying, 2422, 2438, 3115 

 solar drying, 2448 

 steaming, 2480 

 transpirational drying, 2356 

 vapor drying, 2479, 2492 

 schedules for conventional kiln drying, 



2384, 2399, 2410 

 schedule acceleration, 2394, 241 1, 2420 

 shrinkage allowance for lumber, 1939, 

 2396, 2427 



