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Acoustic and adsorption properties of submerged wood.
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Wood is a common material for the manufacture of many products. Submerged wood, in particular, is used in niche markets, such as the creation of musical instruments. An initial study performed on submerged wood from Ootsa Lake, British Columbia, provided results that showed that the wood was not suitable for musical instruments. This thesis re-examined the submerged wood samples. After allowing the wood to age unabated in a laboratory setting, the wood was retested under the hypothesis that the physical acoustic characteristics would improve. It was shown, however, that the acoustic properties became less adequate after being left to sit. The adsorption properties of the submerged wood were examined to show that the submerged wood had a larger accessible area of wood than that of control wood samples. This implied a lower amount of crystalline area within the submerged wood. From the combined adsorption and acoustic data for the submerged wood, relationships between the moisture content and speed of sound were created and combined with previous research to create a proposed model to describe how the speed of sound varies with temperature, moisture content and the moisture content corresponding to complete hydration of sorption sites within the wood. --P. ii. |
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Author (aut): Hilde, Calvin Patrick
Thesis advisor (ths): Hartley, Ian
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https://doi.org/10.24124/2012/bpgub865
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Degree granting institution (dgg): University of Northern British Columbia
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QC233 .H55 2012
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Number of pages in document: 118
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978-0-494-87542-1
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