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Wood science
Wood science is the scientific field which studies and investigates the formation, physical and chemical composition, and macro- and microstructure of wood as a bio-based and lignocellulosic material. Wood science additionally covers the biological, chemical, physical, and mechanical properties and characteristics of wood as a natural material.
It is an interdisciplinary field combining fundamental aspects of biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering to understand and utilise wood in various applications.
Wood science has applications in wood processing, construction and the production of materials and products such as particleboard, fiberboard, OSB, plywood, pulpwood, furniture and engineered wood products including glued laminated timber, CLT, LVL, PSL, pellets and briquettes.
Initial comprehensive investigations in the field of wood science emerged at the start of the 20th century. In 1902, the Wood Processing Laboratory was founded in the Department of Forestry at Tokyo University and academic studies on wood processing were first initiated. The Forest and Forest Products Research Institute in Tokyo was also established in 1905. In 1906 the Forest Products Research Institute was created in Dehradun, India.
The advent of contemporary wood research commenced in 1910, when the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) was established in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. The Forest Products Laboratory played a fundamental role in wood science providing scientific research on wood and wood products in partnership with academia, industry, local and other institutions in North and South America and worldwide.
In the following years, several wood research institutes came into existence across almost all industrialized nations. A general overview of these wood institutes and laboratories is shown below:
From the '60s, the founding of research institutes in the field of wood sciences continued in many universities, and also in universities of applied sciences, and technological universities.
Today, the International Academy of Wood Science (known as IAWS), a widely recognised and non-profit assembly of wood and wood-related scientists, represents worldwide the scientific area of wood science and technology, and all of its associated technological domains.
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Wood science
Wood science is the scientific field which studies and investigates the formation, physical and chemical composition, and macro- and microstructure of wood as a bio-based and lignocellulosic material. Wood science additionally covers the biological, chemical, physical, and mechanical properties and characteristics of wood as a natural material.
It is an interdisciplinary field combining fundamental aspects of biology, chemistry, physics, and engineering to understand and utilise wood in various applications.
Wood science has applications in wood processing, construction and the production of materials and products such as particleboard, fiberboard, OSB, plywood, pulpwood, furniture and engineered wood products including glued laminated timber, CLT, LVL, PSL, pellets and briquettes.
Initial comprehensive investigations in the field of wood science emerged at the start of the 20th century. In 1902, the Wood Processing Laboratory was founded in the Department of Forestry at Tokyo University and academic studies on wood processing were first initiated. The Forest and Forest Products Research Institute in Tokyo was also established in 1905. In 1906 the Forest Products Research Institute was created in Dehradun, India.
The advent of contemporary wood research commenced in 1910, when the Forest Products Laboratory (FPL) was established in Madison, Wisconsin, USA. The Forest Products Laboratory played a fundamental role in wood science providing scientific research on wood and wood products in partnership with academia, industry, local and other institutions in North and South America and worldwide.
In the following years, several wood research institutes came into existence across almost all industrialized nations. A general overview of these wood institutes and laboratories is shown below:
From the '60s, the founding of research institutes in the field of wood sciences continued in many universities, and also in universities of applied sciences, and technological universities.
Today, the International Academy of Wood Science (known as IAWS), a widely recognised and non-profit assembly of wood and wood-related scientists, represents worldwide the scientific area of wood science and technology, and all of its associated technological domains.
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