Influence of thermal treatment on color change of beech wood with red heartwood
2016
Todorović, Nebojša (Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia)) | Popović, Zdravko (Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia)) | Milić, Goran (Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia)) | Popadić, Ranko (Faculty of Forestry, Belgrade (Serbia))
The goal of this word was to examine the parameters of color of beech wood be- fore and after thermal treatment, and to determine if there is a difference in color between sapwood and red heartwood before and after application of high temperature. Samples were treated at temperatures of 170°C, 190°C and 210°C, respectively, during 4 hours. Color coor- dinates (CIEL*a*b* system) were measured before and after treatment by using the following parameters: ΔL, Δa, Δb and ΔE – color change. Color was assessed at four spots on the radial and cross-section surfaces of wood and their mean values were taken for further calculations. Acquired results show that the applied heat treatment of sapwood did not significantly influ- ence the change of color difference between cross-section and radial surfaces. The difference between cross-section and radial surfaces, in nontreated red heartwood was smaller than that measured in sapwood. The color difference of nontreated sapwood and red heartwood was more pronounced on the radial than on the cross-section surface. Application of high temper- ature caused a significant decrease of this difference. Temperature of 210 °C caused the small- est color difference between these two parts of wood which was in this research determined on the radial surface. It was concluded that the applied thermal treatment almost equalized the colors of sapwood and red heartwood, especially on the radial surface, and from this as- pect it can be concluded that these two parts of beech wood were completely equalized. It should also be noted that in the case of equalized properties, sapwood and red heartwood can be equally applied in a final product made of thermally treated beech wood.
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