General Index 



3651 



decay resistance, 851 

 diflfusivity, 696 

 dry-process, 2817 



comparison to wet process, 2819 

 continuous Mende process, 2847 

 density profile, 2818, 2834, 2843 

 fiber orientation, 2850 

 hardboards, 2824 

 medium-density fiberboards, 2834 

 energy, manpower, and capital 



requirements, 2558, 2560, 2562, 2821 

 equilibrium moisture content, 585-589, 



591 

 fabrication and finishing, 2864 

 heat treatment, tempering, and 



humidification, 2851 

 industry statistics, 2741 

 pressing, 2801, 2806, 2810, 2831 

 pulping processes, 2752 

 raw material, 2747 



preparation, 2751 

 siding, 3567 



species effects, 2747, 2750 

 specific pulping energies required, 2765 

 standards and properties, 2878 

 strength, 761,763,783,2878 

 thermal conductivity, 693, 694 

 treatment for preservation and fire 



resistance, 2775 

 wet-process, 2776, 2781 



comparison to dry process, 2819 

 consistency and water consumption, 



2782, 2784 

 density profile, 2810 

 drying mats for, 2794, 2798 

 economics, 3567 

 forming, 2783 

 overlaying, 2816, 2874 

 pressing, 2801-2814 

 Fibers, 276 



in bark, 1078 



in stump-root, stem, and branches, 



proportions of, 1312, 1315 

 fiber yield in bark pulps, 1245 

 strength, 733-736 

 Rber dimensions in bark, 1083-1086 

 Fiber length in wood, 305-335 

 among-species variation, 305 

 stemwood and branch wood, 305, 306 

 stump-root, 1315, 1316 

 within-species variation, 308 

 within-tree variation, 312-335 

 Fiber length related to fiberboard properties, 



2748 

 Fiber saturation point, 567 



of cellulose and holocellulose, 571 



of rays, 571 



in carbonized wood, 572 



in liquids other than water, 572 



related to extractives content, 571 



related to specific gravity, 570 

 Fiber transverse dimensions, 336-342 



among-species variation, 336 



stump-root, stemwood, and branch wood 

 and bark, 1315 



within-species variation, 337 



within-tree variation, 337-342 

 Fibril angle in wood, 342-346 

 Fibrils 



dimensions of, 380 



elementary, 380 



microfibrils, 380, 381 

 Fiddle-back grain, 239 

 Figure in wood, 238-241 



veneer, 2146, 2151,2154 

 Filters, use of bark for, 1241 

 Finger jointing, 2122 

 Fingerlings, 1803, 2196 

 Finishing 



of eastern hardwoods, 4 



of fiberboards, 2869 

 Fire retardant treatment 



eflfect on gluing, 2528 



effect on mechanical properties, 753, 

 2531 

 Firewood; see Fuel wood 

 Fischer-Tropsch reaction, 3212 

 Flakeboard product classes, 2907 



cement-bonded boards, 3056 



composites, 3028-3063 



molded flakeboards, 3049 



roof decking, thick, 3023 



roof sheathing, 2915 



subfloor and underlay ment, 2909 



thin flakeboards, 3027 



urea-bonded products, 3055 

 Flakeboards, 2898 



binders, 2936 



capacity of U.S. plants, 2905 



creep, 3009 



compaction ratio, 2922-2928 

 definition, 2953 

 related to MOE, 2963 

 related to MOR, 2977 



composites, 3028-3063, 3526, 3545, 

 3549, 3550, 3569 



definitions, 2906 



density, 2958, 2960, 2961 



economic feasibility analyses, 3027, 

 3064, 3531, 3545, 3547, 3549, 3552, 

 3566, 3569 



