From a scientific point of view, there are various situations in which wood and cellulose should be as absolutely dry as possible for research purposes. In particular, sorption measurements on wood, but also various chemical reactions, require a condition that is as dry as possible. In its normal state of use, wood contains a certain amount of water (e.g. approx. 8-12% in a room climate). In order to be able to examine wood specifically, it is therefore dried using various methods (vacuum, temperature, desiccants, etc.). However, there are apparently forces in wood that bind a certain amount of residual water very strongly. Researchers from the Thünen Institute for Wood Research, together with colleagues from the University of Hamburg as well as from Finland and the Netherlands, have now been able to show that with common, scientifically used drying methods, a residual mass of water remains in the wood. This fact must be taken into account in future studies on wood-water interaction.
Contact:
More information:
https://link.springer.com/article/10.1007/s10570-023-05293-7
![[Translate to English:] Logo des Bundesministerium für Ernährung und Landwirtschaft](/media/allgemein/logos/BMEL_Logo.svg){kind=logo}